Footings on bedrock

Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:47 am

Got a job next week and guy says a foot down it's bedrock, anyone had experience with bcos etc and what they want depth wise. They don't want you to breaker it out just to pour concrete do they?

Normally got miles of clay or sand here

Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:31 pm

time for the pecker to come out giles
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flowjoe · Post: # 59019Post **flowjoe** Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:00 pm

I was on a site in Liverpool where the ground lads were channeling through bedrock so that the strip foundation could be poured on the orders of the BCO, complete lunacy

ambient · Post: # 59022Post **ambient** Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:12 pm

ive done two jobs where footings still got to be minimum 600 on rock gotta break it out giles probably better with 2 machines one with breaker on ???

Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:52 pm

Tony dont want to intimidate them hehe

Might take the 8 toner then if we have to go that route, bigger= better when hammering.

I'm going to run it by our structural engineer see if we can raft it instead. This guys architect has thought it usually bs about assumed ground condition being perfect.

Mikey_C · Post: # 59030Post **Mikey_C** Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:04 pm

GB_Groundworks wrote:Tony dont want to intimidate them hehe

had to check the previous post to understand that, still took a while.

Mikey_C · Post: # 59031Post **Mikey_C** Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:05 pm

GB_Groundworks wrote:Might take the 8 toner then if we have to go that route, bigger= better when hammering.

and in the same vain aren't you 16 stone

Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:45 pm

19 as of this am 6lbs down this week, yeah should have said lutonlout not to confuse with Tony mc the gaffer

cookiewales · Post: # 59050Post **cookiewales** Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:50 am

GB_Groundworks wrote:Got a job next week and guy says a foot down it's bedrock, anyone had experience with bcos etc and what they want depth wise. They don't want you to breaker it out just to pour concrete do they?

Normally got miles of clay or sand here

hi giles i did a job many years ago house and out buildings built on bed rock which i what they did hundreds of years ago drove stakes in ground to map out area so they could map out house and out buildings thats why somtimes you think why is that cottage there ie the bedrock best footing you can find if stable and you allow water still to flow.anyway back to point bo wanted rock out would not listen to my point 300 year cottage not moved so i got struc enginer to draw cage for me shutterd and done ps drilled holding bars into bedrock :p

Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:14 pm

imho chalk is the best subgrade
easy to dig and freedraining
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