Digging own foundations..

Grz.26

Ok, so I have dug the foundations, length is 3645mm x 590mm, width 600mm width to the side of the house. alot of clay soil, took me all day Sunday, all day Monday, and part of the day today, but I have struck the main pipe, which as the architect stats should be 500mm away from my foundations, it is not!! It cuts across the corner of my foundations!! most annoyed, the building inspector didnt like it one little bit. He said to I could get a structural engineer out to propose bridging over it, thats costing me alot just to get them out, they are not cheap, the one good thing about it is that it seems to be labour intensive, and time I have got at the moment. I wondered if that is not possible I could dog leg around the pipe and miss it altogether. Dam thing. I didnt get a skip, the soil is in my garden. I have done 7 dump runs so far, but i think ill have to spend all day to and from the dump to get rid of it all.

Grz.26

How do you post images??

ormus

upload your image to a photo site such as photobucket, imageshack or tinypic.
then copy the link into your mse reply/posts.

Grz.26

ive attached a drawing of what the problem is, you may get a better idea.
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paul5046

Any pics of the foundations, digging etc.

Grz.26

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The corner of the extension is the problem where the pipe runs diagonally through.

ormus

ormus

vaio

thought about rerouteing the pipe?

House_Hunter

What are the rules with regards pipes crossing foundations?