I see your point but the frame is not light, it’s extremely heavy and never less it’s applying pressure to the slab. Imagine the weight if it’s a double storey house!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 23Feb 09, 2011 8:59 am Building at Warner Lakes in sunny Queensland. Building with Bold Properties. Building thread is here! - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38957 Blog is here! - http://campoutforland.blogspot.com Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 24Feb 09, 2011 9:04 am Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 25Feb 09, 2011 9:15 am First Home Builders Clarendon Roeberry 29 Arena @ Officer Colours Selected 12/08/10 Tender Signed 26/08/10 Contract Signed 12/10/10 Building Permit Issued 22/12/10 Site Start Due 14/01/11 (fingers crossed!) Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 27Feb 14, 2011 12:18 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 31Jul 07, 2023 11:39 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: How long should a slab cure before framing? 33Jul 07, 2023 12:31 pm alexp79 Ashington Homes alexp79 Concrete is at 65% of its strength after 7 days and at 40% after 3 days. Considering that the weight of framing is insignificant in comparison to overall fully loaded house weight, setting up framing after 3 days of curing the slab at the normal temperatures (i.e. NOT very cold and humid) should be quite fine, but it give 5 days just to be sure. Hey Alex Good advice. We try and wait 1-2 weeks at least as when we are dynabolting structural steel and frames down we feel that it's better to let it cure a bit longer. For driveways we wait 7 days before driving on them just to be safe cheers Simeon Yes, it makes sense to play on a safe side, but as I said, a lot depends on the weather - e.g. curing during winter and curing during summer heatwave are 2 different processes and the former takes considerably longer to reach the same strength than the later. For driveways I would wait even longer, as the load is relatively high because it is concentrated. very true Alex, weather conditions play a huge role. I think you are right, we should wait longer but often we cant Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. STEFF62 Framing should be fine, but he will only be able to nail the baseplates in, I wouldnt think you can dynabolt them after 24 hours. My question is, how is he… 1 5867 8 9932 Houses have been framed on floor joists since settlement, chipboard flooring is only around for 50 years or so, so why would it not be satisfactory? However exercise skill… 3 16862 |