About This Service
Concrete and Groundworks in Hampshire
This is the part of a project nobody photographs and everything else depends on. Excavation, drainage, foundations and concrete bases — get these right and the patio, wall or building above them stays put. Get them wrong and no amount of quality on the surface will save it.
What we take on
- Concrete bases for garden rooms, garages, workshops and sheds
- Reinforced slabs where the load justifies mesh and extra depth
- Foundations and footings for walls, extensions and outbuildings
- Drainage — soakaways, land drains, channel drainage and surface water routing
- Excavation, muck away and site levelling
- Ducting for services run under new hard surfaces
Hampshire ground
The clay belt through Botley, Hedge End, Fair Oak and Bishopstoke swells in winter and shrinks in summer. That movement is what cracks under-specified slabs and lifts shallow foundations, and it is why we dig deeper on clay than the minimum would suggest. The chalk and greensand around Winchester and Bishops Waltham behave completely differently — more stable, faster draining, but with their own quirks where the two meet.
Drainage, before anything else
Most of the failures we get called to repair are drainage failures wearing another hat. Water pooling against a wall, running towards a house, or sitting under a patio will undo good work above it. Planning where water goes is the first conversation, not the last.
Free site visit, written itemised quote, insured tradesmen and a 12-month workmanship guarantee.
Why Choose Moore & Sons?
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