Bricklaying & Repointing

How deep should my footing be and how wide?

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.31 PM

Hello ladies and gents, first time building a wall so need some advise. I'm adding 2 course of dense blocks above ground for a chicken coop im moving over to another part of garden. Replacing the old area witha 8x8 wood shed. The new chicken coop location is just temporary untill i have to time to pick a proper coop. Dimention of the dense blocks Height: 215 mm Length: 440 mm Width: 100 mm I was about to lay the first motar bed on the soil (10mm) and than the lay blocks but after researching I found that a need a foundation (footing) but I'm not sure how deep and wide i should make , or am I okay to lay motar directly on the soil without a footing? Material wise I think i have sharp sand theres a pile of sand in the cornor from the old tentents and 1x Blue circle mastercrete can't get hold of any building samd and in the area. P.s i need the total wall hight to be 17 inch. the only weight it would be taken is some wired mesh and one 8x4 0.9 metal sheet. The block's would have 2 wood post to the side of them and wood baton on top of the block's to attach the wire mesh. Should I buy a bag of tarmac balllast and than use the blue circle mastercrete motar on top and create the concrete surface?