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Default Strength of cornish bank


"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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My driveway & garage is raised: at the front there's a retaining stone
wall, facing a sunken road and at the side there's a cornish bank
(unmortared stone & soil) facing a private lane (about 10-12 feet lower
than the drive).

Around the driveway there's bit of space filled with odds and sods -
shrubs, the gas-tank on a concrete plinth, and a small (oddly-placed &
leaking) pond.

Now, I have a plan to move things about a bit - pave part of the lawn to
allow a bit more parking space, move the gas-tank a bit, convert that space
to parking, etc.

However, I am very aware that I have no idea how much weight the cornish
bank can take, how much space I should leave around the parking bit to be
sure it's not at risk, whether taking some height off the top would make
things more stable (and thus allow an increase in the parking space) and so
on.

I'm not even sure who to ask about this. A builder ? A surveyor? a
landscaper? Someone else?

I'd like to take professional advice. The private lane is the only access
to the outside world for several houses, so I want to be quite sure I'm not
going to risk trapping all of the residents.

Victoria


Start by having a read through this site:

http://www.pavingexpert.com/features.htm

The hints, tips and advice are all from the experts so they know how way and
what way these things need to be like. Lots of great help.


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