Garage wall potential collapse

dogmaryxx

Days hire.

Section62

dogmaryxx said:

Days hire.

Hiring it is the easy bit.

Knowing what to do with it is the problem.

Section62

!!!!!!_here said:

Appreciate all the input, everyone.  I've spoken to the insurance company now, and they're passing the info to a structural engineers firm (or similar) who will advise.  If it isn't subsidence, and it's sounding here like it isn't, then I'll need to get a builder round after that I guess without it being an insurance claim.

It could still be an insurance claim - it depends what cover you have and whether the structural engineer decides the cause fits within the insurance company's criteria for cover.  Subsidence is not the only thing covered by insurance.

Now they know about it your options are more limited - but with excesses and potentially increased premiums in future it might have been more economically advantageous for you to have just decided you didn't like/need the garage and arranged for a builder to demolish it.  No point dwelling on that though... see what the structural engineer says and take things from there.

FreeBear

Section62 said:

dogmaryxx said:

Days hire.

Hiring it is the easy bit.

Knowing what to do with it is the problem.

On the two occasions I've hired a minidigger, it has been with a driver. The extra was well worth paying in my opinion as he could crack on with the work a lot faster than I could.

For the OPs situation, I would seriously consider contacting a company that specialises in ground works and use a full sized digger - Access doesn't appear to be an issue, and a big excavator will make short work of digging out the spoil.

Ganga

FreeBear said:

Section62 said:

dogmaryxx said:

Days hire.

Hiring it is the easy bit.

Knowing what to do with it is the problem.

On the two occasions I've hired a minidigger, it has been with a driver. The extra was well worth paying in my opinion as he could crack on with the work a lot faster than I could.

For the OPs situation, I would seriously consider contacting a company that specialises in ground works and use a full sized digger - Access doesn't appear to be an issue, and a big excavator will make short work of digging out the spoil.

I have / had worked on construction machinery all my working life and can operate an excavator but as FreeBear says an experienced driver can work much faster and safer also do not hire a small machine ( 1.5 -3 tonne ) as there booms are not long enough ,a full sized excavator will be able to reach to the back of the garage whilst positioned at the front.