If I may, an example:
A strip foundation, and a raft foundation. Taken inside the last month on two sites 100m apart, in Co Galway.
Strip foundation:
Raft foundation (also note quality of ground works - grass still intact.....)
Groundworks for the strip founds started 1 month before the raft. In the length of time it took to excavate, pour strips, lay blocks in the photo, backfill & pour subfloor, the entire raft, AND HOUSE - including roof - were excavated, poured and building erected.
The raft house is currently being first-fixed services......the other house is only 4 rows of blocks high on one end.........
.....whichever way you crack a nut, if you can finish a house 3 or 4 months earlier, you'll save money.
...ok, gotta go - off to the Energy Show tomorrow to see what's what
A strip foundation, and a raft foundation. Taken inside the last month on two sites 100m apart, in Co Galway.
Strip foundation:
Raft foundation (also note quality of ground works - grass still intact.....)
Groundworks for the strip founds started 1 month before the raft. In the length of time it took to excavate, pour strips, lay blocks in the photo, backfill & pour subfloor, the entire raft, AND HOUSE - including roof - were excavated, poured and building erected.
The raft house is currently being first-fixed services......the other house is only 4 rows of blocks high on one end.........
.....whichever way you crack a nut, if you can finish a house 3 or 4 months earlier, you'll save money.
...ok, gotta go - off to the Energy Show tomorrow to see what's what