Piling in Manchester

Mini Piling Contractor in Manchester

FirmBase Piling provide piled foundation services in Greater Manchester, including mini piling and underpinning for house extensions, new builds and commercial projects. We regularly work across Greater Manchester, delivering reliable, correctly installed piling systems designed to meet engineer and building control requirements. We will either provide you with a structural engineers design or work to one you provide. If you have any queries no matter what stage you are at, feel free to ring/message/email/whatsapp and I’ll give you honest advice.

Manchester piling contractor

The piles and reinforced ground beam shown here were installed for a property extension in Swinton, Manchester. As you can see, the ground conditions were poor and consisted largely of backfill. Drainage services were also present at awkward heights — a common issue with piling projects on new builds.

Where possible, services can pass through the beam. However, when multiple services sit at different levels, excavating to the lowest level can be costly. On this project, we stepped the beam, avoiding unnecessary excavation and helping keep overall costs down. If there’s a way to reduce your spend without compromising the design, we’ll always advise you.

At this stage, building control inspected the piling and beam prior to concrete being poured.

Piled foundation services in Manchester

The job here at Worsley was for a new build house. Here you can see the piles have been installed and we are part way through installing the reinforcement that sits on top of the piles. The yellow sheets you can see sat under the reinforcement is heave protection. This is required when trees are in the vicinity and the ground is clay. The heave protection creates a void so when the concrete sets, there is a gap underneath the beam should the clay ever expand