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    Reinforce masonry wall to deal with settlement risk

    Yes, cavity block/brick is pretty standard in UK and Ireland
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    Reinforce masonry wall to deal with settlement risk

    Yes, it’s full height masonry and a long 225sq m bungalow, where two pitched roof blocks are split by a flat roof section. A quick back of envelope calc indicates a bearing pressure of around 45-55kpa beneath the highest point of the gable end. When you say ‘fixing the soil’… by what method...
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    Reinforce masonry wall to deal with settlement risk

    TLDR: I think we messed up a foundation, anything I can do with masonry walls to mitigate settlement concerns? In the last week, foundations were poured for my own single storey dwelling, 350mm thick, 1m wide, foundation design being 35N concrete reinforced with A393 mesh on the bottom...

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