Ground Beams

[The Arable Farmer]

Has anyone used ground beams around a shed to save digging and pouring a ring footing for walls. Concept looks good, dont know how expensive they would be? Anyone had any experience with them?

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[designanddetail]

We see a lot of these, used to form the perimeter of an industrial building. As you say, they save digging and pouring strip foundations, however they are not used to build walls off, these usually sit with the top level or just above floor level. 2 of 3 buildings we are currently working on with these precast ground beams.

 

[Bongodog]

Has anyone used ground beams around a shed to save digging and pouring a ring footing for walls. Concept looks good, dont know how expensive they would be? Anyone had any experience with them?

Ground Beams | Concrete Specialists | Moore Conrete

We manufacture project specific Ground Beams as an alternative to traditional foundations minimising labour and time. Click to find out more!

www.moore-concrete.com

Looks really quick and easy, just slot in and sit on top of the stanchion pads. Ideal for a metal clad industrial building, you could literally slot them in and cast the oversite concrete 5 minutes later. I would worry though if it were a case of building block or brick walls up from them as you have a 20' concrete beam rigidly fixed at each end but poorly supported in the middle, if you place too much weight in the middle it will in time start to sag. I would want whatever goes above the beam to bear little weight on the middle of the beam, either by being light or putting most of its weight down onto the stanchion pads.