How to set out footings square to house
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Hi all,
Not been on here for a while but i thought i would pose you all another brain teaser.
I am on phase 2 of my house build ( conservatory)
How do you set out footings so the building will be square against the original house wall ?
The area of the footings will be 5550mm wide by 4000mm
I have been running lines out all day but i dont know if its me or just the way the land looks, but thge lines dont look at 90 degrees to the house?
Any help would be much apreciated.
Cheers Guys,
Oh Tony, may sound cheeky but your book, is it in the shops or do we get it direct from you at a discount
"Cowers in a corner waiting for reply"
Regards,
Mick.
Not been on here for a while but i thought i would pose you all another brain teaser.
I am on phase 2 of my house build ( conservatory)
How do you set out footings so the building will be square against the original house wall ?
The area of the footings will be 5550mm wide by 4000mm
I have been running lines out all day but i dont know if its me or just the way the land looks, but thge lines dont look at 90 degrees to the house?
Any help would be much apreciated.
Cheers Guys,
Oh Tony, may sound cheeky but your book, is it in the shops or do we get it direct from you at a discount
"Cowers in a corner waiting for reply"
Regards,
Mick.
Nufin tu dis buldin lark
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on your job mick i would go 3m out by 4 m along the house then measure 5m between these 2 points
the bigger the square the greater the accuracy
obviously your footings need to be 100mm outside the wall
another way of checking once you get your lines in is measuring the 2 diagonals,in a rectangle these must be the same,which according to my calculations will be 6.80073525m or 6.8 m for short
like stuarty says get it 100% right before you start digging
cheers LLL
the bigger the square the greater the accuracy
obviously your footings need to be 100mm outside the wall
another way of checking once you get your lines in is measuring the 2 diagonals,in a rectangle these must be the same,which according to my calculations will be 6.80073525m or 6.8 m for short
like stuarty says get it 100% right before you start digging
cheers LLL
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yes its a special discount its called "the what its woirth discount" whereby you pay a fiver more than amazon,but at least you know the gaffer has a hot pot and a pint of ale on fridayOh Tony, may sound cheeky but your book, is it in the shops or do we get it direct from you at a discount
i bought it from tony (which he signed as requested) and to be honest its worth £50
cheers LLL
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