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Extension foundation depth?

davidmcgee · 2017-12-13 23:06:46

Hi guys, Have a question regarding building foundations. We have just bought a house which has a conservatory (4m x 4m) which has a dwarf wall with 300mm wide walls. We spoke to the company that installed it and they said they would have gone down 600-1,000mm for foundations depending on soil conditions. They are a…

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Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite

14 December 2017 at 4:03PM

Ganga wrote: »

My next door neighbour had a single storey extension constructed on the back of her house to extend her kitchen,they did not dig down very deep but the builder told me it was a raft and i watched them put steel reinforcing in the foundations before pouring the concrete.

I doubt the owner paid as much for their conservatory as your neighbour paid for a raft foundation.

Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.

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