Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Failure to complete work in an unworkman like manner - Part 1

I didn't know a lot about foundations until I had to work with Artur.  All the following was provided during the court case.  To be fair to Artur, personally he did not actually do any work on site - he had got his "team" to do the work, but lets have a look at the first part of the failings - the spread of the foundations.  I found a good web site Paving Expert for information on foundations

Paving Expert says
Any footing should be at least 100mm wider on each edge than the thickness of the intended brickwork. So, for a 225mm thick wall, we will typically pour a 450mm wide footing. For load-bearing walls, the strip footing may be 600mm wide. The footing is typically 150mm thick, though this may be reduced to 100mm for smaller walls on good ground, or increased for heavier walls on bad ground.
What did I get?  The foundation was not even laid where the wall would go let alone provide a "spread" to support the wall.



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