In order that your construction was durable, it needs to provide the rigid basis. Making the project for the base, it will be useful to address the good engineer who will determine both depth of future basis, and quantity of armature which should be used. For trench construction under the base it is possible to choose manual digging or to order the excavator.
Both the size, and depth of mortgaging of the base will depend on structure of the soil to a large extent. Sometimes the basis should be strengthened in addition by means of columns. The quality of the soil needs to be subjected to assessment as soon as possible – perfectly if it is made still before the parcel is bought.
Before beginning works on the trench device, it is unimportant whether you choose manual digging or you will use special equipment, the site should be prepared properly. All bushes, roots, big trees and stubs should be removed. If on the site there are a lot of old big trees, cutting them at the roots can cause considerable financial expenditure.
For excavation of trench most of builders try to rent the excavator nevertheless. This option on speed is in the first place, but in certain cases use of special equipment becomes impossible because of features of the site. Here hiring of several people who will be able to carry out manual digging can appear the only exit.
Digging of trench manually can even be cheaper, than hiring of the excavator and as for quality of performance of work, much more reliably. Excavation by means of special equipment can accidentally provoke the collapse of walls and it is more difficult control process in this case. But on the big site it is more reasonable to use the equipment.
Tools and materials
Will be necessary for excavation of trench:
- twine and pegs for marking;
- boards;
- protective equipment – glasses, gloves;
- saw – manual, circular;
- joiner's pencil and tape measure;
- construction level;
- hammer;
- shovels.
The first step for laying of future house – performance of marking for the base according to the project. Doing measurements and driving in stakes, it is necessary to measure all distances as much as possible carefully, especially attentively it is necessary to treat diagonals.
Digging of trench under the base
After marking it is possible to start also the beginning of excavation. It is necessary to define in advance the place where the excavated soil will be stored.
If the base is established near already used, it is necessary to trace attentively possible consequences for already ready house. Mistakes cannot be allowed – their correction too expensive will manage.
The base has to be built in strict accordance with the project defined in advance which drawing up it is better to charge to the professional. In cases when the basis is built for the purpose of expansion of the constructed earlier residential building, the strengthening old should pay special attention.
When the basis is carried out for extension to the house which is already available on the site, on the way hindrances in the form of concrete elements can meet. To remove them, the pick hammer or the tool for concrete breakdown is required.
The excavated soil should be put near construction site – then this earth can be necessary for you for filling of the base. Also residues of soil can be useful to you to use them on the site – for example, to fill up holes or to level site. It is possible and just to give to neighbors for the same purposes.
It is possible to transport the soil on normal garden wheelbarrow. With its help it turns out to transport quite large number of the earth without application of considerable physical efforts. It is better to use wheelbarrow at which the wheel can be pumped up – the simple cast product will cause inconveniences when transporting of hard loaded wheelbarrow through the construction site. To facilitate work on transportation of soil from the site, manufacture bridges of boards on which it will be convenient to roll wheelbarrow.
Trenches for the night need to be closed something that in them nobody would fall down. The trench has to have equal bottom – it is necessary to check it by means of construction level. Receiving qualitative trench for the base is possible at thorough observance of all moments provided by the project.