24 Foundations

Foundations 02 / 16 June 2016

The house was built on an unreinforced concrete beam foundation; 500mm high, 330mm / 470mm (at perimeter) wide, no footings and no piles.
The foundation beams (plinth under the house) had only minor cracks and were still straight as.

As expected, the North/East corner of the foundation was broken off and had drifted away a few centimeters.

The top of the foundation beams was asphalted in order to avoid moisture transport into the Oamaru stone; smart move.
Both chimneys were founded on huge blocks of concrete; the length of those blocks included the tiled space in front of the fire places.

There was no point in deconstructing the foundations; it was documented only.
All foundations were removed by the demolition contractor.