DAS Stone 1kg Air Hardening Modelling Clay, Non Bake, Ready To Use, Suitable for All Ages, Ideal for Professionals & Hobbyists

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DAS Stone 1kg Air Hardening Modelling Clay, Non Bake, Ready To Use, Suitable for All Ages, Ideal for Professionals & Hobbyists

DAS Stone 1kg Air Hardening Modelling Clay, Non Bake, Ready To Use, Suitable for All Ages, Ideal for Professionals & Hobbyists

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If the chalk is soft it will need to be excavated until firm chalk is reached. Chalk soils can be prone to erosion, so be wary of the possible presence of hollows or caves. The process of making stone walls using styrofoam is very similar, but there is no need for plaster, nor to scribe any joints; the pressure from the mechanical pencil on the soft foam while marking the courses will achieve the same result. As such, the Styrofoam rubble walls on the diorama (the ruined barn shown here, and the retaining walls) don't require further explanation, but the construction of the ashlar arch certainly does…

The first 900-1,200mm layer of clay is subject to movement due to expansion and shrinkage from seasonal variation in moisture content, so it is generally necessary to excavate foundations to a depth where the amount of moisture present remains stable. In this practical, I’ll be focusing on a few methods you can use to construct some of these prototypes. For best results, I’ll be using materials suitable for scribing; a harbour wall made from rigid insulation and plaster (with another using DAS air-drying clay), an ashlar arch and various rubble walls made from styrofoam, and finally, a dry stone wall made out of more air-drying clay. Please note; as the painting technique I’ll be using will be similar for every practical, I shall share this at the very end. WHAT YOU NEED Where there are or have been trees (removing trees does not remove the risk of expanding clay) engineers may recommend reinforcing foundations with embedded steel. Foundations in clay soils can also be protected to some extent from damage due to expansion (heave) by lining the trenches with compressible material such as clayboard. building is spread evenly. For a post and beam structure, the piles or groups of piles are capped with a concrete pad. Screw Pile FoundationsMichael has presented over 150 property shows for BBC, ITV1, Channel 5, UK TV Style, and Discovery RealTime, including I Own Britain's Best Home; Don't Move Improve; Trading Up; Good Bid, Good Buy; Build, Buy or Restore?; How to Build A House; and Hard Sell.

Where the foundations are affected by tree roots (or their previous removal), you may be required to employ a fairly deep trench filled with concrete but with a compressible material to one or both sides of the external trenches to counteract any heave or expansion in the ground. This can be a cost-effective way of building on sloping ground too, as the steel piles can be left above ground and linked together with tension wires or rods, and topped with a steel ringbeam or grillage to build from. Factors to Consider What Might Affect my Choice of Foundation System?Electricity and gas don’t usually need to be ducted or installed at this point as they are normally surface mounted. Finally, the building and warranty inspectors will have to approve the excavated foundations prior to any concrete being poured. Clays with the highest plasticity (and so the highest risk) are generally found in the South East of England, stretching up through the East Midlands to the Humber in the North and down to Bath in the West The rear of the arch differs in three ways. Firstly, the crenellations are only half-depth except at the outer ends; which wrap around the sides. Secondly, a slope joins the bottom of the crenellations to roughly the same level as the top of the cornice on the front. Thirdly, the entire archway has a rebate where the gates once sat. These all require careful trimming with a sharp blade. Local planning authorities will often allow structures to be built around trees within a root protection area on the proviso that the structures are supported by screw piles.

Diagrams of strip foundations (left) and trenchfill foundations (Image credit: Homebuilding & Renovating)

The standard foundation solution in most parts of the UK is the strip foundation, also known as strip footings. The rest of England and Wales generally have low plasticity clays but even these still carry some risk. The capping stones feature a slope either side of a raised and rounded middle point. On a length of styrofoam 7mm wide, mark two parallel lines in the centre 1mm apart. Using a flat file, form slopes on either side.The raised section that’s left canbe rounded off with more light filing. Cut to the lengths required, then glue them onto the parapet using PVA. If sewage pipes leaving the building have to be deeper than the top of the foundation concrete then they should also be ducted; they cannot be trapped within the concrete and must be able to move freely.

These are a relatively new foundation solution consisting of slender, hollow steel shafts with a small number of steel helices (or screw threads) welded to them. The piles are screwed into the ground until they achieve sufficient friction to support the required load. Providing the chalk is not too soft, foundation widths of 450mm for low-rise buildings are generally acceptable. The depth of the foundation must be below any frost action, a minimum of 700mm. Now use a flat needle file to create chamfered edges along the archway. With the styrofoam walls complete, apply a layer of gesso to everything. Gesso is an acrylic paste made from chalk, binder, and white pigment. It’s used as a primer to prepare surfaces for painting, but it also provides a little more strength and texture. Simply apply it with a brush, and leave it overnight to dry. Medium plasticity clays are found in the rest of the South East, across the Midlands and up beyond the Humber Estuary towards the North East. They also turn up in some isolated areas in the North West of England near the coast Tiny stones are glued along the top to reduce its ‘stepped’ nature; ahead of adding the capstones. The inset photograph shows one of three large clay ‘stones’ being roughened with a craft knife. Two of these are end stones (one visible on the bottom right of the main photograph), and the one left of the pliers would be used by people to hold onto while climbing over the stile.

Using styrofoam and gesso

Strip, trench fill or pad foundations must be cast at a minimum depth of 750mm in low plasticity clays, 900mm depth in medium, and British Standard 8004 recommends a minimum depth of 1m for foundations in the highest risk areas. If there are, or were, trees nearby, depths of up to 3m may be necessary. The depth necessary will depend on the type of tree, as species have different water demands, with tall broad-leafed species such as poplars having the greatest impact. Where the soil is soft or of a low loadbearing capacity, wide strip foundations can be used to spread the load over a larger area, reinforced with steel so that the loading per square metre is reduced. A reinforced suspended concrete floor slab, or a reinforced concrete ring beam, is then cast over the top of the piles, linking them all together so that the load of the Where it is not possible to construct conventional strip footings because the new building is hard up against an existing structure, or access to the adjoining land is not available, it may be possible to use an offset strip foundation rather than a more expensive piled foundation or a reinforced raft foundation. Typically 750mm wide and 450mm deep with a layer of A193 mesh placed in the bottom of the concrete with at least 50mm cover to the steel. The solution is generally suitable for single-storey structures.



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