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Groundworks specialists in Ascot
Frequently asked questions
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Send your postcode, what you would like doing, and a few photographs of the space as it is now.
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We look at the ground before we price anything. On sand or gravel the same dig is two different jobs.
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You get the quote in writing, itemised line by line, so you can see what each part of the work costs.
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Happy with it? We agree dates in writing before anyone turns up, and you are fully insured throughout.
Site strip and dig
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A trial hole goes in before anything else, so nothing under the topsoil is a surprise. Then the site is stripped, set out from the drawings and dug to the levels.
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Waste transfer notes cover every load of muckaway that leaves, and anything reusable is graded in rather than tipped.
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Machinery matched to the access on the ground, with hand digging used anywhere plant would damage a root or a drain.
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Trench sides battered back or shored to depth, so no one works in an excavation that could fall in.
Footings and bases
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The sandy ground common around Ascot digs fast but the sides run, so trench support matters as much as the depth does.
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The design decides between trench fill and traditional strip, and either way the concrete follows the dig same day.
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Building control inspects the trench while it is open, before concrete.
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Hardcore, then blinding, then the slab, with every membrane joint taped.
Drains and ducting
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Separate systems for foul and surface water, correct falls throughout, rodding points where they are needed, and consent before we connect.
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A BRE Digest 365 soakage test sizes the soakaway, which stays over five metres clear of any foundation.
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Once the ground closes, adding a duct means opening it again, so water, power, gas and data all go in now.
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Test, photograph, then backfill, in that order, so the evidence is there for the inspection.
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Site clearance, excavation, foundations, concrete slabs, drainage and service ducts for extensions and new builds throughout Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale. Fully insured, free written quote.