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• Strip foundations


  A continuous strip of concrete supporting load-bearing walls
• Strip foundations for single storey buildings

  • 450mm wide
  • At least 200mm deep
• Strip foundations for two storey buildings

  • 600mm wide
  • 200mm deep
• Wide Strip Foundations


  Where the soil is soft or of a low load-bearing capacity, wide strip foundations can be used to spread the load over a larger area, reinforced with steel so that the loading per m2 is reduced
• Wide Strip Foundations


  • Used to spread the load over a larger area
  • Reinforced with steel to reduce loading per m2
• Strip foundations are the most common type of foundation for domestic construction (one or two storey buildings)
• Strip foundations


  Used to support load bearing walls or rows of closely separated columns