Main disadvantages
1. Needs more concrete and reinfrocement steel if compared to pad footings
2. Bending moments, has to be designed similar to a standard beam
strip foundation is love
This is a continuous strip of concrete which support load bearing walls which sit on the centre of the foundation.
disvantages of a narrow strip foundation
A reinforced wide strip concrete foundation is used if the soil is soft or is of a low bearing capacity. This would not work for heavy or clumpy soil.
its commonly used in made-up ground.
strip foundation is love
A strip foundation is best known as the lowest part of your structure. The strip foundation is the first piece of supporting layer that is used with a foundation.
This is a continuous strip of concrete which support load bearing walls which sit on the centre of the foundation.
disvantages of a narrow strip foundation
more radiate.
Strip foundations are used to support a line of loads, either due to a load-bearing wall, or if a line of columns need supporting where column positions are so close that individual pad foundation would be inappropriate.
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THREE DIMENSIONAL DRAWING OF STRIP FOUNDATIONS
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20mm
A reinforced wide strip concrete foundation is used if the soil is soft or is of a low bearing capacity. This would not work for heavy or clumpy soil.
unit weight of sand used in strip foundations is 1700kg per cubic meter