Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: $100k down up to the slab 2Aug 24, 2013 7:48 am Owner Building on 1800sqm Sanity Intact so far Locked up March 2012 Re: $100k down up to the slab 6Aug 27, 2013 10:46 pm It actually reads like you have some kind of retaining wall in there. Blocks, core fill, rebates, foundation bracing, dig and fill jelly and your engineering cost tell me its no a standard flat slab with small rebates for the bathrooms, portico or garage. If that is the case then I doubt you could really compare it with a standard slab, even on P soil. Most slabs are waffle pod design and it reads (looking at hours) that there is a fair amount of reo work and boxing done. Makes me think it is a raft slab on compacted and controlled fill. Is that the case? I would definitely ask for a break down on the "general hardware" and your concrete prices. I'm on that journey. I had to demolish a single story brick veneer on concrete raft slab about 220 sq meters for about $19k. They took forever to get a permit and I… 2 1989 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5856 |