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Our price includes an engineer certified footing design for
soil types A, S or M.
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Most soil types are pretty straight forward, as you will see by the descriptions
below. In fact, most of Australia has a soil type that is either A, S or M.
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If you are unsure as to your soil type, contact your local council and they'll
help you. (In fact many councils can tell you this info over the phone).
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The cost of your shed kit will not be affected by soil type. However, at some
point we must know this information in order to send you the appropriate footing
designs.
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Following is a very brief description of the basic soil types.
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| Soil Type | Description |
| A | Most sand and rock sites |
| S | Most silt and some clay sites |
| M | Moderately reactive clay sites |
| Other | Includes:
highly reactive clay sites
extremely reactive clay sites
filled sites |
Taken from AS 2870.1
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| Other soil types |
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Other soil types (which include highly reactive
clay soils and filled sites), will need an individually designed footing,
based on the precise details of your site.
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The cost of your shed kit will not be affected by your soil type, but you
may need to incur extra expenses on footing design for severe conditions.
You could use your own structural engineer with local knowledge to provide
this service. Alternatively, you could engage our consultant structural
engineers for this purpose.
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