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Former granite quarry

backlanepipe · 2021-04-01 17:59:04

Would it be advisable to build a house on a site that consisted of a former granite quarry with a depth of up to 6 meters which has since been filled in with stones and boulders that were removed from fields? Would it be advisable to dig a driveway through same which would lead to a site with three meters of soil? The…

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01-04-2021 6:59pm

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backlanepipe

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Would it be advisable to build a house on a site that consisted of a former granite quarry with a depth of up to 6 meters which has since been filled in with stones and boulders that were removed from fields?

Would it be advisable to dig a driveway through same which would lead to a site with three meters of soil? The driveway would be up to three meters deep.

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#2 01-04-2021 7:28pm
Calahonda52

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Advisable is not the question
will your engineer sign off

will a lender lend

will planners allow it

would I live in an area that has a much higher radon content

https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/geoscience-topics/environmental-health/Pages/Radon.aspx

Areas built on igneous rock, such as much of Co. Galway which is a granite area, have far higher radon levels.

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