Essex conservatories
Foundation Works
hello and welcome to daily blog today I would like to explain to all prospective clients out there on the Internet how exactly we carry out our excavation works at Johns brickwork Ltd for your conservatory ground works.
It’s crucial at the very early embryo stage of all building work together groundworks correct this means carrying out certain measures to ascertain the type and condition of your soil to reach we will be analysing with our experts surveyor.
On the initial survey prior before excavations our independent surveyor will have to take into consideration the condition of your soil in your garden as this will play a major part in his actual findings he will have to consider any foreign bodies things like underground pipework any gas installation, water mains, electrical cables as well will have to be taken into consideration.
Here at Johns brickwork Ltd we began excavations to a minimum of 1 m deep this is a very strong form a foundation and is carried out in a strip format or commonly known as a strip footing the first five or 6 inches of your ground is generally a buildup of garden soil to which is quite normal and then after that the ground conditions can vary considerably from area to area.
Some ground conditions can be made up of a thick dense clay to which can cause movement or you might have a gravel type ground conditions to which is the ideal condition to have as this is very drain able as this which would allow the water to freely continue on going down into the soil to a further depth, but you have a clay substance soil this will be slightly different due to the fact that the clay is of a very dense type matter to which water finds very hard to absorb into an carry on through.
