Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 21Sep 09, 2021 10:29 pm Sorry should've took pictures before. I was more in panic mode . I guess moving forward, what should be the right step to make? Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 22Sep 09, 2021 10:36 pm moudzj but the bottom line is that it is the builders fault. He should have been able to identify this before any work took place. Like I said in the first place. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 23Sep 09, 2021 10:41 pm [quote="daniel81991":1dk04xcs]Sorry should've took pictures before. I was more in panic mode . I guess moving forward, what should be the right step to make?[/quote:1dk04xcs] The right thing may not be the cheapest. Builder is trying to absolve themselves from any responsibilty. That means the right thing is going to cost you time, energy and likley more money to fight it. Could be cheaper to just have someone who knows what they're doing rebuild it. But the question remains what to do with the rest of it... Me personally, I'd fight the builder on principle. I dont get taken for rides. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 24Sep 09, 2021 10:55 pm thanks Noname, I'll give it my best shot and fight for it. If all goes bad...well i'm back to square one anyway. Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 25Sep 10, 2021 7:12 am daniel81991 Gents, thanks for your comments. I can sense the passion here! For your info I attached a couple photos 1. of the damange 2. of the other side of the wall for an idea of how it looked before. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/9528/2aG2pZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6753/osRbLg.jpg Hi Daniel81991 Thanks for posting the pictures. I can see why you are upset. I am going to say something a little controversial. I think you are lucky that this has happened at this stage of the build whilst it's still easy to fix. Those blocks that have collapsed are not a retaining wall. It looks like a home bodge job that was bound to fail at some point. I am a massive advocate for consumers rights in the homebuilding sector, but I genuinely don't think that this is your builder's fault in this case. Take this opportunity to get a proper retaining wall with footings and drainage that will last another 50 years and keep the water away from your slab. If you are in Sydney, I have a guy who can fix this for you. If you aren't in Sydney, you need a brick layer, so best thing to do is go to ##pages and get quotes from 3 or 4. What you will need is most likely a 450 deep concrete footing ( I can give you a structural engineers number who is affordable) and then corefilled blockwork. Anyway, PM me if you want some numbers. Cheers Simeon 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: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 26Sep 10, 2021 8:39 am Ashington Homes daniel81991 Gents, thanks for your comments. I can sense the passion here! For your info I attached a couple photos 1. of the damange 2. of the other side of the wall for an idea of how it looked before. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/9528/2aG2pZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6753/osRbLg.jpg Hi Daniel81991 Thanks for posting the pictures. I can see why you are upset. I am going to say something a little controversial. I think you are lucky that this has happened at this stage of the build whilst it's still easy to fix. Those blocks that have collapsed are not a retaining wall. It looks like a home bodge job that was bound to fail at some point. I am a massive advocate for consumers rights in the homebuilding sector, but I genuinely don't think that this is your builder's fault in this case. Take this opportunity to get a proper retaining wall with footings and drainage that will last another 50 years and keep the water away from your slab. If you are in Sydney, I have a guy who can fix this for you. If you aren't in Sydney, you need a brick layer, so best thing to do is go to ##pages and get quotes from 3 or 4. What you will need is most likely a 450 deep concrete footing ( I can give you a structural engineers number who is affordable) and then corefilled blockwork. Anyway, PM me if you want some numbers. Cheers Simeon Not exactly controversial anymore, haha. Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 27Sep 11, 2021 4:05 pm Ashington Homes daniel81991 Gents, thanks for your comments. I can sense the passion here! For your info I attached a couple photos 1. of the damange 2. of the other side of the wall for an idea of how it looked before. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/9528/2aG2pZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/6753/osRbLg.jpg Hi Daniel81991 Thanks for posting the pictures. I can see why you are upset. I am going to say something a little controversial. I think you are lucky that this has happened at this stage of the build whilst it's still easy to fix. Those blocks that have collapsed are not a retaining wall. It looks like a home bodge job that was bound to fail at some point. I am a massive advocate for consumers rights in the homebuilding sector, but I genuinely don't think that this is your builder's fault in this case. Take this opportunity to get a proper retaining wall with footings and drainage that will last another 50 years and keep the water away from your slab. If you are in Sydney, I have a guy who can fix this for you. If you aren't in Sydney, you need a brick layer, so best thing to do is go to ##pages and get quotes from 3 or 4. What you will need is most likely a 450 deep concrete footing ( I can give you a structural engineers number who is affordable) and then corefilled blockwork. Anyway, PM me if you want some numbers. Cheers Simeon Thanks Simeon, unfortunately I am in Perth Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 28Sep 26, 2021 3:37 pm Update: I met up with the builder a few days ago. It's basically going round in circles Builder: Your problem, there are no footings in the existing wall. It's in the specification that there may be repairs if the wall is damaged. Me: Why didn't you survey before doing the works to the wall then? You can clearly see if there is no footings prior to starting. If someone broken a limb would it be your fault? Builder: Yes...but it could've happened at anytime thus we believe it's still your problem. Me: But it happened during tinkering with the wall, it may have been unlucky but you can clearly see the issues with the wall. Can anyone give me advise? I got a feeling this will be a cascading effect. i.e if I replace part of the wall, the entire wall will need to be replaced... Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 29Sep 26, 2021 4:16 pm daniel81991 Update: I met up with the builder a few days ago. It's basically going round in circles Builder: Your problem, there are no footings in the existing wall. It's in the specification that there may be repairs if the wall is damaged. Me: Why didn't you survey before doing the works to the wall then? You can clearly see if there is no footings prior to starting. If someone broken a limb would it be your fault? Builder: Yes...but it could've happened at anytime thus we believe it's still your problem. Me: But it happened during tinkering with the wall, it may have been unlucky but you can clearly see the issues with the wall. Can anyone give me advise? I got a feeling this will be a cascading effect. i.e if I replace part of the wall, the entire wall will need to be replaced... The whole wall needs to be replaced - even calling it a wall is an insult to actual walls. Re: Retaining Wall Badly Damaged. 30Sep 27, 2021 6:20 am daniel81991 Update: I met up with the builder a few days ago. It's basically going round in circles Builder: Your problem, there are no footings in the existing wall. It's in the specification that there may be repairs if the wall is damaged. Me: Why didn't you survey before doing the works to the wall then? You can clearly see if there is no footings prior to starting. If someone broken a limb would it be your fault? Builder: Yes...but it could've happened at anytime thus we believe it's still your problem. Me: But it happened during tinkering with the wall, it may have been unlucky but you can clearly see the issues with the wall. Can anyone give me advise? I got a feeling this will be a cascading effect. i.e if I replace part of the wall, the entire wall will need to be replaced... Daniel Honestly, as per my earlier post and advice given by other posters, it's clear that you need to replace that entire "retaining wall", there is going to be no way around this unfortunately. It was never built correctly in the beginning. You are just going to have to bite the bullet and do it properly this time. cheers Simeon 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. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 1330 It's hard to comment as the photos area bit dark ( you might need a new 15 - just got one and wow ) Jokes aside, I can see one member that is cracked. I would find a… 2 1633 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 11072 |