Surrey Homes | SH109 | February 2024 | Education Supplement inside

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to build a certain size footprint, which
meant the house wasn’t big enough for
what we wanted to do. So we decided
to excavate the basement and go into
the roof,” describes Steve. However it
wasn’t as straightforward as he hoped
and upon inspection by a structural
engineer he was told the basement was
a no go. “The water table is incredibly
high in the area, so we couldn’t build
a basement.” Steve however, was
adamant, “I went to Sian and I told her,
we are having a basement!” Working
with a new structural engineer a way
was found. “We needed to pump the
water out faster than it was coming
in, so we had to use a very powerful
pump.” The basement was built
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