Barn conversion - how deep should the footings be.....?

[IMM]

Thank you.

[Peter Taylor]

Simon Hawthorne wrote

Thanks Simon. Could you tell us what you are planning for the barn. Will it be for residential use or something else? A lot depends on this as to what advice to give you.

Peter

[Simon Hawthorne]

Peter The downstairs will be residential - it is attached to the house anyway - and I intend to use the four sections as part of the house (garage/games room/store room/workshop). The upstairs I would like to let to a small business - maybe 3 people - office based - not retail. Spoke with my neighbours today - the one closest was happy - the one the other side said he would object to it being used as a commercial venture. I suppose my thoughts are that a barn is commercial anyway - I'd have to change the use for it to become residential.......! Either way - I intend to keep my neighbours as happy as possible - and I think I would get permission to convert the first floor to an office and let it - but I would have to impose some fairly strict rules, so to speak. Si

[Andy Hall]

I suppose it must seem like that. It must look all very blue in colour as well......

.andy

To email, substitute .nospam with .gl

[David]

Same here, I varied the posting address to delay the junk mail but I've always been me, not something you can say though is it John?

[IMM]

David, who is one of our resident part time brain surgeons who flits in occasionally, you have stop acting silly.

[stefek.zaba]

Nah. I find it's easier to leech off the efforts of the few of you who don't do that - if there's anything pointful (rare) or notably outrageous (less rare) the relevant juicy bits get quoted and spread to the enlightenment/entertainment of The Rest Of Us.

Stefek

[John Anderton]

Your original post (way up there ^) would have made a lot more sense if you'd actually mentioned that. i.e. : "If you want the barn to have the same external appearance then best take down all the walls if stone. Number the stones. build a nice strong foundation slab . . . etc."

You seem to have assumed that's what the OP wanted without him actually mentioning the fact.

Cheers,

John

[IMM]

That is what I said, which IS the best approach.

I did not know he had a brick barn. I did not assume he had a stone barn.

[IMM]

You will be enlightened all the time.

[bystander]

O right, so numbered demolition works for both? I think you need help IMM. Boatloads of it. Are you one of these guys who drills holes in veroboard? Or paints those pretty coloured bands on resistors? Did you work at Bletchley Park?

[IMM]

David, Andy, stop being silly. How exciting of you to do such a thing.

[David]

In article , IMM writes

John, do you know how to read headers? do you really think we would bother to assume an identity to take the piss out of you? I certainly wouldn't and I am making an assumption on Andy's part based on his posting history. *You* on the other hand have had lots of identities but unfortunately (for you) your posting style and stock phrases give you away, I particularly like it when you ask on another newsgroup a question about a thread on here and then post the answer.

[Grunff]

Care to share? I could dig for myself, but I really can't be bothered...

[IMM]

[IMM]

[David]

In article , IMM writes

Of course its me, it says so at the top, what are you on??

[The Natural Philosopher]

Typical computer scientist. Its teh 'elegant perfect' solution...

For an infinite number of comp Sci grads with infinite resources...

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its called a database Grunff. Works fine in software :-)

[The Natural Philosopher]

No, I am the Natural.

He had to work extremely hard to get that stupid.

I was just born clever. :-)