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mansionnete slab on rocky area
lynx
#1 Posted : Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:44:08 PM
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Dear architect

I need some advise on a foundation slab. The structure is a mansionnete with 90 sqm on the each floor. There is only ! upper floor total area 180 sq m.

The subsoil on the place is only 8 inches thick before hitting the rock layer. The rock layer is a compact piece and from the samples it looks like the one from which quarry stone is made from.

Question
How would the rock substructure influence or reduce the cost of my slab.

Secondly would this mean that I can make my slab smaller etc?

please advice

regards

lynx

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Mosby
#2 Posted : Monday, March 26, 2012 8:21:18 PM
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The rock at your site will not have an effect on the size 1st floor slab nor will it affect the ground floor slab which should be a slab on fill. The ground conditions affect the foundation design/ cost in terms of sizing and depth of excavation to firm ground. Loadings from a residential house are usually such that you will do just fine with minimum allowable sizes.i would say your saving will be in cost of excavation for the foundation.
GGK
#3 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:01:32 AM
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As explained, you should just be glad that your foundation will cost less. Slabs should be the same. Some quack might tell you different story .... don't listen to them
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lynx
#4 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:07:39 AM
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hi..thanks for the insight..a quack was trying to hoodwink me..
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murenj
#5 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:58:47 AM
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better have a structural engineer go over your houseplans. For storey houses, a six inch concrete slab on top of the hardcore (on ground floor)is prefferable. You can also use hollow bricks covered with kokoto sand and cement mixture for the first floor slab.... Very economical.
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:04:34 AM
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whats the minimum depth(excavation) for foundation for a maisonette, assuming am building on a rocky area
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murenj
#7 Posted : Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:25:21 AM
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low buildings do not need deep foundations. Your 8 inches of excavation is just adequate. But pray...the width of the structure is not like some narrow gorofas i see in waitiitu's constitutuency
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