Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bricks on/over limestone retaining VS Drop Footings 2Feb 23, 2020 9:45 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Bricks on/over limestone retaining VS Drop Footings 4Feb 23, 2020 8:47 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Bricks on/over limestone retaining VS Drop Footings 5Aug 30, 2020 3:51 pm Hi Chris, You were right. Dropped footing would have been the better option. Unfortunately I had actually been swayed to use the brick over limestone option during design stage and now I am facing the slip ups associated with this option. We found out that the team laying the limestone blocks were different to the team laying the bricks, so there is currently a misalignment with the measurements. This made some areas of the brick work flushed with the limestone block base and some areas had a 15-20mm recess to it. Thankfully no overhangs. Abit upset, but I hope if someone here decides to consider this option, this would be one of the risk. I'd definitely choose dropped footings in future. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Bricks on/over limestone retaining VS Drop Footings 6Mar 24, 2021 12:59 am Hi lizzabeta, Just looking for your feedback regarding the brick over limestone blocks (instead of dropped footings) now that some time has elapsed. Would you recommend having this or would you advise to go with dropped footings? Any cracking issues? Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 11006 The distance between my DEBs varies from 4.1m at the narrowest to 8.1m at the widest. 5 25911 I would like to build our new house with the rear section approx 1 metre out of the ground, I don't particularly like to go bearers and joists so concrete slab all the way… 0 3213 |