Conservatories

walls around base of conservatory

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 2.59 PM

Hi, have some tradesmen here at the minute. We are having a conservatory built, to bring it level with the house meant a substantial base going down. a single skin wall was built, mixture of brick and blocks. this was left to set and then concrete poured in (5.5 tons). The wall gave way and concrete poured into the garden. This was cleared up, front wall removed and boarding and props put in place and concrete put back in place. Obviously made us concerned about if these guys knew what they were doing. The conservatory will be glass to the floor, so they question is should the wall surrounding the base be cavity or not? Also given the description above what other things should I be asking? Any help appreciated, the works in progress and I need to know if I need them to cease until I can trust what's happening! Hi Jetflow Drains, thanks for the reply. I'm pretty sure that other ways would have been better too... The concrete poured in was probably about 2ft deep, if not a little more. the area was 4000x3000. Its being done at my Mums, so I didn't see what had been done with the foundations (its going on top of an old patio and they broke out some existing steps, I assume that the patio was also broken out and foundations dug for the walls). The conservatory will be fully glass to the floor. How does it work with a single skin brick wall with a membrane in contact with the concrete base? is there a possible problem over time with damp here? The company doesn't start with an A. The work is being done in the south east, Barnehurst area, but the company isn't local.