The ruin in rock is staying and we plan to rebuild the old broken block building.
We were going cold form steel or LSF but price is beyond our budget.
Now we will use
concrete blocks which are about 50 cm long.
And 6cm high. Varying depths available.
The roof could either just go over the extension for now. Later we can reproof both buildings.
Roof will either be in insulated panels or corrugated iron but light.
There's is existing rough concrete on the floor. We are thinking if topping it with 1inch if self compacting gravel. Then 5cm of concrete at a 1.2.4 ratio.
Would this constitute a suitable foundation and high do we transfer the liad from the roof down?
Put in 3 masonary columns. 38 cm sad and filled the hollow with concrete and put metal ties in every 4th row to attach concrete block walks. Would that work?
Is it over engineering or under engineered.
Husband is used to strip foundations so would they be better.
I am trying to save time, money and his body.
Photos to follow.
We are Northern r Hemisphere. Mediterranean climate. Little to low frost.