Victorian house foundations – The foundation is the lower, load-bearing part of a structure. The foundation’s task is to transfer the load from the structure to the ground. Foundations can carried out by strip foundations, foundations point, well or foundation pile foundation. The foundations must first and foremost be so far down that it comes to rest on sustainable layers; possibly bear ability is achieve by piles. In some cases it may be necessary to replace the soil under the building, eg with a sand cushion. The base is the name for the part of the foundation, which is above ground. The Victorian house foundations…

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