New build house – Concrete for Foundations
Saturday saw the arrival of the concrete for the strip footings for the new house for our client.
Earlier in the week the trenches had been passed by the building inspector for the scheme, each trench was examined with a spade to check that good ground had been reached. We are using a private Approved Inspector called Meridian Consult Ltd for the building control aspect of the build.
The next stage will be to progress the walls below the dpc level but with low temperatures expected this week, the block work may have to be halted until temperatures rise. Brick and block work with cement gauged mortars should not be laid in air temperatures at or below 3°C and falling or unless it is 1°C and rising. The temperature of walling during curing should be above freezing until hardened.
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