Thanks for the detailed explanation and the alternatives to raft slab. looks like I have more homework to do 😂(e.g. having suspended slab with Bondek or Speedfloor over your strip footings.)
Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Strip footing or raft slab? 21Nov 05, 2021 10:29 pm alexp79 Yes, you can have strip footings and then put on top stumps and cover with yellow tongue (still sounds like a cheapish farm house solution to me rather than prominent double brick residence) or you can put raft slab on top of your strip footings. There also other ways (arguably cheaper and more reliable than raft) e.g. having suspended slab with Bondek or Speedfloor over your strip footings. Thanks for the detailed explanation and the alternatives to raft slab. looks like I have more homework to do 😂(e.g. having suspended slab with Bondek or Speedfloor over your strip footings.) yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7326 PM me your email. I have a build excavation calculator you can use based on your plans to double check what your builder is telling you. Cheers Simeon 1 10247 I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3323 |