What type of external wall for a new bathroom?

user1168934

DRP said:

user1168934 said:

stuart45 said:

What has the Building Inspector said about this?

It has not been discussed with the building inspector yet. This is being built where I had an old brick shed. The inspector just had the first visit where he basically spent 5 minutes looking at the rubble of the existing shed and said he would next like to see how deep the existing foundation is.

This is interesting as I am  planning on building on old foundations myself. What did the inspector need to see? Depth of foundations?

Yes, the inspector wanted to see how deep the existing foundation is. He said that for clay soil it should be 1m deep. He would also accept 800mm but anything less is not appropriate.

DRP

user1168934 said:

DRP said:

user1168934 said:

stuart45 said:

What has the Building Inspector said about this?

It has not been discussed with the building inspector yet. This is being built where I had an old brick shed. The inspector just had the first visit where he basically spent 5 minutes looking at the rubble of the existing shed and said he would next like to see how deep the existing foundation is.

This is interesting as I am  planning on building on old foundations myself. What did the inspector need to see? Depth of foundations?

Yes, the inspector wanted to see how deep the existing foundation is. He said that for clay soil it should be 1m deep. He would also accept 800mm but anything less is not appropriate.

Thanks for that.

We also have clay, in SW England.

I have BC coming today to look at my existing foundations - they're about 700 odd deep but pretty substantial. The conservatory has been around for 20 odd years without issue, so I am hoping...

stuart45

Can also depend on if there are any trees nearby if it's shrinkable clay.

DRP

DRP said:

user1168934 said:

DRP said:

user1168934 said:

stuart45 said:

What has the Building Inspector said about this?

It has not been discussed with the building inspector yet. This is being built where I had an old brick shed. The inspector just had the first visit where he basically spent 5 minutes looking at the rubble of the existing shed and said he would next like to see how deep the existing foundation is.

This is interesting as I am  planning on building on old foundations myself. What did the inspector need to see? Depth of foundations?

Yes, the inspector wanted to see how deep the existing foundation is. He said that for clay soil it should be 1m deep. He would also accept 800mm but anything less is not appropriate.

Thanks for that.

We also have clay, in SW England.

I have BC coming today to look at my existing foundations - they're about 700 odd deep but pretty substantial. The conservatory has been around for 20 odd years without issue, so I am hoping...

Just thumbs up from BC for our roughly 750mm deep foundations - result

(sorry for hijacking your thread , user)

stuart45

Good result, will save you a few shillings.