London Road, Calne
Two new semi-detached houses on a brownfield plot on London Road, Calne. SwiftBrick built the foundations and drainage, the beam-and-block floors with radon barrier and insulated slab, and after the timber frame went up, the external masonry: three elevations in Beckstone with quoins at every corner and the rear in London Brick.
The job in one look
- What we built
- Foundations and internal drainage, beam-and-block floors, radon barrier, insulation and slab, scaffold base, and all external masonry (Beckstone and London Brick, quoins, fire stops) on a pair of new-build semis.
- Where
- London Road, Calne, Wiltshire
- When
- Jul 2024 – Jan 2025
- Done by
- SwiftBrick’s own team; excavation and concrete pour by the client; timber frame by the frame contractor.
We supported the client from the pre-planning stage with costs for the groundworks and superstructure, then built the foundations once their excavation and concrete pour were complete. On a brownfield site prone to settlement we recommended hangers for the drainage rather than relying on the ground, and the floor was built as beam and block with a radon barrier, insulation, damp-proof membrane and concrete slab. We left site for the timber-frame erection and came back for the masonry.
Foundations, drainage and the beam-and-block floor
Foundations built up off the client’s concrete, internal drainage installed and hung, cavity filled and backfilled inside and out, scaffold base prepared, then the precast beams and infill blocks laid for the ground floor.
Radon barrier, insulation and slab
Radon barrier lapped and sealed around every service penetration, insulation laid, damp-proof membrane and the concrete slab poured.
External masonry
With the timber frame up, the outer skin: Beckstone on three elevations with quoins at the corners, London Brick to the rear, fire stops to the manufacturer’s specification.
Finished
The completed pair in January 2025, in stone that sits with the older houses along London Road.
Two houses that look like they belong on the road
From foundations and floors to the last course of stone, the structural and masonry work on a pair of new homes delivered for a small developer — proof that SwiftBrick builds complete houses, not just extensions.
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