Hello dear forum,
we are currently planning to build a terrace accessible from our kitchen and wanted to ask for your opinion on our idea. We want to remove the window and replace it with a balcony/terrace door. For this, the masonry under the window will need to be removed.
For the terrace, we plan to build a U-shaped frame around with formwork blocks and then fill it with concrete and reinforcing steel. The inside will be filled with construction debris and all the asphalt we want to remove from our driveway, which we will compact thoroughly. This should fill the terrace properly.
On top, we will add a layer of concrete with reinforcing steel, and then depending on the finish, either tiles or terrace slabs.
Has anyone done something similar? Did you face any problems afterwards, or were you satisfied with the result? Here is a picture for illustration.
Best regards and stay healthy
we are currently planning to build a terrace accessible from our kitchen and wanted to ask for your opinion on our idea. We want to remove the window and replace it with a balcony/terrace door. For this, the masonry under the window will need to be removed.
For the terrace, we plan to build a U-shaped frame around with formwork blocks and then fill it with concrete and reinforcing steel. The inside will be filled with construction debris and all the asphalt we want to remove from our driveway, which we will compact thoroughly. This should fill the terrace properly.
On top, we will add a layer of concrete with reinforcing steel, and then depending on the finish, either tiles or terrace slabs.
Has anyone done something similar? Did you face any problems afterwards, or were you satisfied with the result? Here is a picture for illustration.
Best regards and stay healthy
H
Haus_käufer28 Nov 2023 11:22apokolok schrieb:
By “waste,” I only meant the leftover material. The plan was to reuse the debris from the driveway.
Your terrace itself wasn’t what I was referring to.
By the way, I just removed a similar heavy piece at my brother-in-law’s place. The 11kg (24 lbs) hammer kept me busy for hours, and my hands, arms, and back are still feeling it.
As long as everything with the neighbors is sorted out, there shouldn’t be any problems.
If you like the terrace and everyone around is happy with it, congratulations again from me—that was sincere. In the end, it’s just a matter of personal taste, no offense intended. This is what the terrace looks like now.
euro261 schrieb:
I have a similar situation in my garden. The terrace is already built, but now I want to extend it and fill it with construction debris. Do you have any photos of the building process that you could share?Private construction debris dump, great idea ?DIY-KAAK schrieb:
I have a similar project. Could you list exactly how you proceeded here?You both forgot to "contact" the original poster @Haus_käufer (last seen: January).https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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