Short story- looking for advice on if it’s a builder, structural engineer or architect I need to speak to for an assessment on foundations
Longer story
Cellar is below the dining room but only half the size, I’m looking to extend and convert it.
Currwnt cellar is the black outline, extra red but is the footprint of the above dining room.
Wall a is non structural but holds back about 7 tonnes of backfilled soil
It’s believed that the footings for all the red walls extend to the same as the cellar.
If they do it’s a fairly straightforwards labour job of taking the wall down, removing the soil and laying a new floor.
1)Who would i be better hiring to check the depth of these
2) wall B is a party wall, with same amount of soil the other side, providing the triple skin party wall is sound are there any anticipated structural issues in removing the soil- ie weight of the other side against it.
3) is there an easier way to test the foundations without having to rip up the dining room floor to dig test pits. Ie would it be possible to check with a mole/probe
No point starting if these aren’t full length or require significant underpinning due to the cost
Fully aware of tanking/ ventilation etc refs on converting cellars- just focussing on this part for now.
Thanks all
Longer story
Cellar is below the dining room but only half the size, I’m looking to extend and convert it.
Currwnt cellar is the black outline, extra red but is the footprint of the above dining room.
Wall a is non structural but holds back about 7 tonnes of backfilled soil
It’s believed that the footings for all the red walls extend to the same as the cellar.
If they do it’s a fairly straightforwards labour job of taking the wall down, removing the soil and laying a new floor.
1)Who would i be better hiring to check the depth of these
2) wall B is a party wall, with same amount of soil the other side, providing the triple skin party wall is sound are there any anticipated structural issues in removing the soil- ie weight of the other side against it.
3) is there an easier way to test the foundations without having to rip up the dining room floor to dig test pits. Ie would it be possible to check with a mole/probe
No point starting if these aren’t full length or require significant underpinning due to the cost
Fully aware of tanking/ ventilation etc refs on converting cellars- just focussing on this part for now.
Thanks all