Back in Surrey for a very quick update, we're talking ramps, steels, suspended floors and swimming pools!
Check out the teams work as we excavate, underpin, undermine, reinforce our way through this incredible new basement underneath an existing property!
We've a longer more detailed clip coming soon where George goes into lot more detail on the work being carried out and the challenges with the ramp that meant a rethink on how to do it!
#basement #underpinning #luxuryhomes #excavation.
[Published: 3 Nov 2025]
Transcript
So guys, welcome back to our Surrey So guys, welcome back to our Surrey Super Basement. Just a little update Super Basement. Just a little update with you again.
Um, lots changed since with you again. Um, lots changed since you've been here before. So we'll have a you've been here before.So we'll have a little walk through and I'll talk you little walk through and I'll talk you through what we've done since the last through what we've done since the last video.
Come on down. Yeah. So, as you can hear, plent Yeah.
So, as you can hear, plent typically plenty of work going on in the typically plenty of work going on in the background. So, we've got our access background. So, we've got our access ramp and our reinforcement for our ramp and our reinforcement for our retaining walls that we've been put retaining walls that we've been put here.
Um, we've pulled the ramp since here.Um, we've pulled the ramp since our last video. We'll do a little bit on our last video. We'll do a little bit on that on a later video.
We had a few that on a later video. We had a few technical issues that we'd like to talk technical issues that we'd like to talk through. Few design problems that we had through.Few design problems that we had to overcome.
Yeah. So, a little bit of technical Yeah. So, a little bit of technical adjustment happening with the hammer up adjustment happening with the hammer up there.
Um, as you can see, we've broken there. Um, as you can see, we've broken through. So, we've got our structural through.So, we've got our structural steels in place supporting the property steels in place supporting the property above us.
Um, we've now this is the above us. Um, we've now this is the continuation of the basement. We'll work continuation of the basement.
We'll work through here onto the new RC slab for through here onto the new RC slab for the decking out the front that we've the decking out the front that we've poured.So, I'm underneath the concrete paw that So, I'm underneath the concrete paw that we've just taken place this morning. we've just taken place this morning. There'll be a few little snippets of There'll be a few little snippets of videos going in of that, I'm sure.
videos going in of that, I'm sure. Underneath the temporary work supporting Underneath the temporary work supporting system. So, again, a proprietary system system.So, again, a proprietary system from Oers holding up the concrete slab from Oers holding up the concrete slab that's currently wet above our head.
that's currently wet above our head. We're just preparing some ground out We're just preparing some ground out here. Um, part of the design of the here.
Um, part of the design of the project is an external swimming pool project is an external swimming pool that we'll be putting in. And that's us that we'll be putting in.And that's us down here at um and Surrey for now. down here at um and Surrey for now.
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