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Foundations evenly distribute the weight of a building to ensure a solid and stable structure. At Bradshaw Groundworks, our time-served team undertakes a range of high-quality foundation installations to meet the requirements of all types of domestic and industrial builds in the Cotswolds, Chipping Norton, and the surrounding Oxfordshire areas.
Our additional services also include drainage preparation and horse ménage construction – read the reviews left by previous clients to learn more.
From an on-site meeting through planning and installation, we provide full service for all the foundations we complete. This includes:
Our team typically uses trench foundations for home extensions and other domestic constructions. We use this type of foundation when the site soil is not strong enough to support a strip foundation. These foundations are thinner than our quality strip foundations and are made with thicker concrete. The sides of the trench we create are key to supporting the house, so stable ground is beneficial for the build. Because we use large quantities of concrete to fill the entire trench, we do not need to use bricks beneath the surface.
As part of our groundworks, raft construction is ideal for sites where the soil lacks sufficient strength or where clients plan to use the upcoming building for heavy loads, such as industrial buildings. Our experts install a large concrete slab to support columns and walls. We spread slabs out under the entire build to reduce contact pressure. Our team lays the raft on a hardcore bed with thickened edges for sites with poor ground. These foundation installations are best suited to sites with good load-bearing capacity.
Retaining walls can be more complicated to build because they need to withstand horizontal soil pressure across sites with varying ground levels. Our team carefully considers groundwater when building retaining walls because it can exert significant pressure and, over time, affect their durability. Our team has to create a way for the water to exit, which we normally do by adding quality piping through the wall.
The footings are part of foundation installations that distribute the load to a larger soil area. At Bradshaw Groundworks, our team creates high-quality footings that ensure foundations are safe for any domestic or industrial site we work on. Footings for builds in the Cotswolds, Chipping Norton, and the surrounding Oxfordshire areas can be used for shallow or deep foundations, but are most often used for shallow foundations.
