Underground Basment

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Hasbeen

Black.Caesar wrote: »

So, I can build it with masonry blocks? I am building a small building not a big one. So, I don't really need any big machinery, and one more question: What is the lifespan of the masonry block basement build?

Thank you again for your answers, guys.

Er? look at link in post 6 again and look at all the reinforcement and concrete?:)

GDB2222

Black.Caesar wrote: »

So, I can build it with masonry blocks? I am building a small building not a big one. So, I don't really need any big machinery, and one more question: What is the lifespan of the masonry block basement build?

Thank you again for your answers, guys.

A masonry block basement has a lifespan of up to a fortnight. Note "up to". It may collapse on you as you build it. HTH.

Owain_Moneysaver

Black.Caesar wrote: »

So, I can build it with masonry blocks? I am building a small building not a big one.

The size of the hole isn't really important - it's the force of all the soil and water outside that's pushing the walls inwards. You may think a shipping container is pretty strong but if you bury it it just collapses.

And the excavations have to be supported safely while the work is being done.

The wall strength required will have to be calculated and signed off by a Structural Engineer to satisfy local council building control.

It's actually a fairly straightforward proposal - dig a big hole, pour a reinforced concrete floor, shutter up and rebar the walls and pour them, then put a concrete beam and block roof over the top, tank the whole lot waterproof and relay the garden over the top.

But if cannot be done with a couple of pallet-loads of bricks from Wickes and a Reader's Digest book on building a brick barbecue. This sort of work is outside the expertise of many jobbing builders and needs a contractor experienced with buried structures.

GDB2222

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

The size of the hole isn't really important - it's the force of all the soil and water outside that's pushing the walls inwards. You may think a shipping container is pretty strong but if you bury it it just collapses.

And the excavations have to be supported safely while the work is being done.

The wall strength required will have to be calculated and signed off by a Structural Engineer to satisfy local council building control.

It's actually a fairly straightforward proposal - dig a big hole, pour a reinforced concrete floor, shutter up and rebar the walls and pour them, then put a concrete beam and block roof over the top, tank the whole lot waterproof and relay the garden over the top.

But if cannot be done with a couple of pallet-loads of bricks from Wickes and a Reader's Digest book on building a brick barbecue. This sort of work is outside the expertise of many jobbing builders and needs a contractor experienced with buried structures.

You are so much more patient and polite than the rest of us. I guess we would all feel a bit bad if he got killed doing this.

G_M

Did someone mention Building Control?

Surely the council don't car as long as it's invisible when finished? Otherwise what's the point of re-laying the garden on top......?

Mr.Generous

So if I use Lego for my deep underground bunker I would need to re-enforce it with Meccano?

worried_jim

Mr.Generous wrote: »

So if I use Lego for my deep underground bunker I would need to re-enforce it with Meccano?

If you are doing it Austrian style then make sure that it properly soundproofed.

DaftyDuck

Settle for doing it six feet deep, three feet wide, and six feet six inches long, and you'll be fine. Order in a nice bit of stone as well, and that'll do nicely. Something that can be engraved would be best.

lstar337

elsien wrote: »

http://londonist.com/2015/08/great-london-eccentrics-the-mole-man-of-hackney???

Was this the house on Grand Designs?