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A lot of money just to make it a bit easier to get pads in and out of the cellar!
Lintel... it goes against most peoples instinct, but a lintel is in essence only supporting a triangle shape of wall above it.
Paul - the ‘temporary condition’ is what I’m most concerned about as it’s a relatively tight area I’ll be digging in (front garden) so not masses of space to remove earth either side without going into the neighbours so will be steep banks at risk of collapse while I’m building the wall back up. Not sure how this would be mitigated even with a professional doing it? Shuttering? Acroprops bracing scaffold boards either side?
Not sure what you mean about a retaining wall at risk of ‘sliding’ but the lightwell not. The sides of the lightwell are currently acting as a retaining wall, no? I’m just trying to essentially open it out into more of a ‘corridor’ than a shaft. Would be easier to see in a photo maybe, sorry.
Had a chat with a couple of mates today (builder and ex brick layer) and they concurred with everything already said on here. Much bigger job than I’d anticipated. Will discuss with gf to see if we think it’s worth pursuing or not.
hot tub / sex pond
I was chatting to Peewee the other day and someone was having to arrange £400 crane hire for a day as they'd misjudged the width of a newly acquired hot tub / sex pond and needed to lift it over the house instead of getting it past the side