Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Regarding footing for timber floor house 11Oct 10, 2012 8:40 pm Well that makes it difficult - as my partner reminds me, the reason we want a concrete slab is so we can drop the floor of the new part down to the ground .. Everything is facing the wrong way for good design- we want windows & bifolds looking into the small garden & frog pond - but this side is south and west facing. We also want clerestory windows to let in light - but these would be south east facing. To make it worse, the south part of the house gets noise from freight trains & we are under the flight path! We are shaded on the west side by very large gums, and the other wall is a boundary wall with the neighbour's garden on the other side. The south side is an embankment covered in large native trees, with the freight line running along the top.The house is double brick and gets a bit chilly in winter but is not too bad, we have only used the reverse cycle a few times. Summer the house is fairly cool. There is a very slight slope from the front of the house (north-east facing)to the back. For the new part, it drops about 20cm over 10metres. We are surrounded by termites... I think I've worked out how to embed images, this is the original house (built in 1904) & the proposed new part (rough plans) in yellow lines Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ then this is the new part Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and new part with cupboards & windows - again very tentative plans - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ For our extension is there any way we can have a concrete slab, bamboo floor, build the new walls out of besser blocks or similar, have double glazed windows wood or upvc frames that would somehow address both thermal & acoustic issues ... and not have a freezing in winter or hot in summer house??!! Too many questions .. thanks yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7316 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 10236 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 3313 |