Today, we started .. and finished (wow!) the digging and removing the “content” of the foundation trenches.
Some of the sandy soil was easy and could be just scooped out, but some was hard .. very hard and crunchy with layers of stones and even metal rubbish too!
There is a total of ***90?**** Meters of foundation strips, plus 7 square (1 meter) pads and the extra thick bit around the air tunnel. This makes a total of just over 12 cubic meters of ready mixed concrete needed to do this job of creating our solid foundation for the house to sit on.
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We then went around with our heavy petrol powered compacter to make sure the soil is firmly settled down ready for the concrete.
The next job is to double check the depth of the trenches, using a depth gauge to scrape along each section and compact it all again. Then, we will install some reinforcing mesh and bars where it is needed and that’s it!