Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Foundation issue/ Movement 6Feb 25, 2019 1:09 pm A Geotech company needs to do some soil testing and also to look at your foundations and the material below them to judge whether you need underpinning to support the exisiting house as well as the upper storey or design the upper storey to be supported on independent footings.You will need more information than just levels. Have look at your house plans and you will probably find that brick articulation joint has been missed. Maximum allowable spacing is 6M or 5.5M for a wall with window… 17 20555 Are they stumps or screw piles ? How much fill is there, is the site a class "P" ? A "H2" site is not supposed to have stumps it is supposed to have grid beams according… 1 6933 House movement is always a potential problem and there is a cause. Yes you should have it inspected by a competent and experienced building consultant 2 7029 |