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Concrete for footings and foundations in Gillingham
A footing is the band of concrete a wall is built off, and on Gillingham's terraced grid it is almost always in a trench behind the house with no vehicle route to it. Kent Readymix arranges ready-mix concrete for footings and foundations across Gillingham, with the route worked out before the trench is dug.
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Rear extension trenches, and the same plot shape every time
The Edwardian grid produces one foundation job more than any other: a trench for a small rear extension on a long narrow plot, dug by hand or by a micro excavator that came through the house, inspected by building control, and filled from the front.
At Rainham the 1930s semis change it. Side access, a driveway and a wider plot make an extension trench an ordinary job. The business parks change it again, with pad and strip foundations for units on sites laid out for construction traffic.
Concrete for a trench that only the front door reaches
Gillingham’s grid is flat, which removes the gradient problem Chatham poses a mile away, and it has no rear access at all, which is a harder constraint rather than an easier one. The service alleys are too narrow to be a delivery route, so the concrete comes through the house.
That makes one number decisive: the distance from a legal standing position to the trench, measured through the property. Trench fill is normally supplied at a higher consistence so it flows and levels itself, which is exactly the wrong property for a barrow, and a trench takes more concrete than the drawing says once it has stood open, so the barrow count is usually higher than planned.
A line pump is the honest answer on most of these. It runs a hose through the hallway or over the roof, puts the concrete into the trench directly, and keeps the pour continuous. Mini-mix gets a smaller vehicle nearer the door where a pump is not warranted, and permit parking decides where either of them stands.
What to send us about a Gillingham trench
The trench dimensions, the agreed depth, and the distance from kerb to trench through the house. Your quotation, delivery and payment are agreed directly with the approved supplier appointed to your pour.
Send the detail to hello@kentreadymix.co.uk and an approved supplier will confirm the mix, the volume and the delivery window.
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Concrete for Gillingham, where a rear garden pour usually means the concrete travels through the house.