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2021-12-29 22:43:47
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Hello,
just before everything is finalized, a question came up for me regarding the design of the outdoor area that I would like to clarify. We are building a single-family house on a plot with about 2 m slope. Since we want the house to be at street level, filling under the house will be necessary, which would be >80 cm, so our architect and soil expert said: frost-free foundation, no frost skirts necessary. That was good for us at first because it saves money.
In the course of the outdoor planning, the house is about 1 m elevated on one side, and I would like to retain the plot with L-angles. No problem at all, since it will be filled anyway, but with frost-free material. Now I kept thinking: you can’t plant there and simply “dig away” about 50 cm from the house wall and refill elsewhere with soil between 50 cm and the L-angle to maybe 1 m depth (so something can grow), can that be problematic? The earthworker said that the gravel is obviously firm and nothing slips, but in the long run gravel and soil/roots mix.. Architect and others say: it holds. Now I read about frost skirts and they also have a structural purpose and with concrete skirts no gravel or similar can “slip away” down to a depth of 80-100 cm. I feel this is particularly safer especially on a slope? Especially since you want to green the area, etc.
Is that just my view as a layman or is there something to it?
just before everything is finalized, a question came up for me regarding the design of the outdoor area that I would like to clarify. We are building a single-family house on a plot with about 2 m slope. Since we want the house to be at street level, filling under the house will be necessary, which would be >80 cm, so our architect and soil expert said: frost-free foundation, no frost skirts necessary. That was good for us at first because it saves money.
In the course of the outdoor planning, the house is about 1 m elevated on one side, and I would like to retain the plot with L-angles. No problem at all, since it will be filled anyway, but with frost-free material. Now I kept thinking: you can’t plant there and simply “dig away” about 50 cm from the house wall and refill elsewhere with soil between 50 cm and the L-angle to maybe 1 m depth (so something can grow), can that be problematic? The earthworker said that the gravel is obviously firm and nothing slips, but in the long run gravel and soil/roots mix.. Architect and others say: it holds. Now I read about frost skirts and they also have a structural purpose and with concrete skirts no gravel or similar can “slip away” down to a depth of 80-100 cm. I feel this is particularly safer especially on a slope? Especially since you want to green the area, etc.
Is that just my view as a layman or is there something to it?