Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:52 pm
hello,
I am building a v. large free-standing extension and rennovating an old farmhouse building with my father. We have a 'pathway' approx. 1000mm between the new building and an existing steel-frame Byre and farmhouse. The new building is to have mass concrete pier foundations with ground beams. The farmhouse has rubble/stone foundations which are not very deep. The distance between found.'s is only c.800mm. We need to take both the surface water drainage and the foul drainage (but in 2 separate pipes as it's not a combined system) underneath this 'pathway'. (It's in inverted commas as it's all mud just now!) Does anyone know if it's ok to put these 2 drains in the same trench and how far away from the found.'s they should ideally be? Should we just separate them from each other with well tamped granular material? Any guidance much appreciated - thanks!!
M
I am building a v. large free-standing extension and rennovating an old farmhouse building with my father. We have a 'pathway' approx. 1000mm between the new building and an existing steel-frame Byre and farmhouse. The new building is to have mass concrete pier foundations with ground beams. The farmhouse has rubble/stone foundations which are not very deep. The distance between found.'s is only c.800mm. We need to take both the surface water drainage and the foul drainage (but in 2 separate pipes as it's not a combined system) underneath this 'pathway'. (It's in inverted commas as it's all mud just now!) Does anyone know if it's ok to put these 2 drains in the same trench and how far away from the found.'s they should ideally be? Should we just separate them from each other with well tamped granular material? Any guidance much appreciated - thanks!!
M
