Foundations for home and house extensions

Foundations for home extensions and house extensions are extremely important. The footings for a new home extension can pose a danger, not only to your home, but the neighbour’s house too.

Home extensions often cause some sort of conflict with the neighbours.
But residents living near this piece of botched building work might have complained a little more vigorously had they foreseen the results.
The extension to the semi-detached houses in Wolverhampton did far worse than just block out extra light – it looks to have caused the adjacent home to crumble.
The house collapsed into its foundations early this morning after work on the neighbouring property is believed to have made the ground unstable.

foundation

Most excavations close to boundaries ( 3m rule and 6m rule) are covered under the Party Wall Act, with notices having to be served by the developer on the neighbour. Providing what the developer is doing is technically sound the work can in due course proceed. The DIY world avoid this like the plague, and most will not know or bother with it, as it is viewed as an unnecessary and easily avoidable cost.

A good and safe practice for house and home extension builders when digging foundations for extensions in a very populated urban area and with properties very close to the new foundation is to use foundations walls support as soon is possible.
walls support foundation
Because of Building Regulations, a builder or a ground worker can not pour concrete and cement without a Building Inspector approval, as the footings for a new building needs to be inspected. The foundation work can take sometimes up to two weeks before is completed, and in most cases the Building Company or the builders, will make an appointment with the Building Control Inspector a day before ordering the ready mix concrete or starting pouring concrete if the concrete is mixed on site.
home extension foundation
Even when the soil is stable and the ground looks very solid, the foundations needs to be reinforced very quickly. Using external grade plywood, 22 mm and noggins, helps stabilizing a foundation before the concrete is poured into the footing trench. If necessary, mechanical equipment can be rented or hired.

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Building a House Extension in Acton, West London

House Extensions builders in Mill Hill NW7 North West London

Getting the right Building Company & Contractors to carry out the building works pays off on the long term.

Music recording studio

Building a Music recording studio in London

A very challenging building project, building a music studio in a London garden. Full Planning Permission was required, along with the services of an Architect, Structural Engineer, Sound Proofing Engineer, Air Conditioning & Ventilation Engineer, Sound Recording Engineer, etc

Site of the new build music studio
Site of the new build music studio

Foundation and Footings
Foundation and Footings

footing basement

Foundation footprint
Foundation footprint

steel reinforced concrete foundation and slab
Steel reinforced concrete foundation and slab

Hollow Dense Concrete Block
hollow blocks steel bar reinforced
Hollow Dense Concrete Block

Building the walls using Hollow Dense Concrete Block
Building the walls using Hollow Dense Concrete Block and a temporary roof to protect the bricklayers from the elements

Finished structure and walls
Finished structure and walls , exterior -front view

Interior view of the Recording Studio
Interior view of the Recording Studio

Rendering walls
Rendering walls

Roofing structure
Roofing structure

Reinforced and insulated flooring
Reinforced and insulated flooring

Tanking ,reinforced & insulated flooring
Tanking ,reinforced & insulated flooring