Piling in Carlisle
Mini Piling Contractor in Carlisle
FirmBase Piling carry out mini piling and underpinning works across Carlisle for house extensions, new build houses and commercial units where traditional foundations are not suitable. Properties in Carlisle often present challenges such as older construction, varying ground conditions, existing drainage close to extensions and restricted access, all of which can make deep excavation impractical. Mini piling provides a controlled and reliable alternative, allowing foundations to be installed with minimal disruption while meeting structural engineer and building control requirements. We cover all of Cumbria from Carlisle in the very north to Barrow-In-Furness in the south, and to Workington on the west coast.
Piles & Reinforcement for Extension foundation in Carlisle
Piling Carlisle – Here is the piling for a job at Blencogo, halfway between Maryport and Carlisle. The homeowner dug out the footings himself and was putting a single storey extension on a barn he was converting. The footings of the existing barn were extremely shallow and with the water table being quite high, when he was digging his trench for a traditional foundation, it was filling with water fast and
continually collapsing.
Concreted Piled foundation in Carlisle
This is the concreted ring beam that has been shuttered so it all looks nice and neat and uses minimal concrete. The job is inspected by building control before we are allowed to concrete. We vibrate the concrete as it is poured ensuring it fills the piles, and takes the trapped air out of the concrete. The beam is also made level using the laser level on a tamp making your bricklayers life that little bit easier.
We're specialists in:
– Piled Foundations
– Mini Piling
– Underpinning
– Residential and Commercial
– Bottom driven piles ranging from 100mm to 323mm
– Grundomat Piling
