Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 504Mar 01, 2015 7:23 pm Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 509Mar 02, 2015 7:00 am Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 512Mar 02, 2015 10:59 am Folks, please re-familiarise yourselves with the Terms and Conditions with regards to respect to others: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21525 Whilst a healthy debate is encouraged, when you start throwing off terms or barbs designed to belittle or denigrate another forum member or what this member has to say, you are running the risk of having your membership privileges revoked. This may be a temporary suspension, or under certain conditions you may find yourself banned from the forum. Play nice. Thank you. Completed a knock down and rebuild in northern Melbourne. Handover completed 27/09/2013 and now moved in. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 513Mar 02, 2015 1:36 pm building-expert Otherwise sane people sign contracts without reading or understanding, think less than buying shoes, throw bags of money at the builder, often ahead of time , often cash, with no monitoring and checking, all in blind trust and naive hope that somehow they will get a good job, what they have paid for. I think this hit the nail on the head. Browsing through this forum I have seen countless examples of people asking various questions relating to contractual performance, where those questions should be answered in black and white in the contract - which tells me that they haven't read the contract, or the contract has not been well considered prior to signing. I guess whilst there is a lot I do not know about building, I know enough to be aware of the risks. A lot of mum and dad customers have absolutely no idea, and walk into a builder's display office and sign away their lives on little more than a wing and prayer. They really should get advice from a lawyer prior to signing such a significant contract, and then hire an independent building inspector to do some monitoring of the construction throughout. for the sake of maybe a couple of thousand dollars or less of professional fees, it could repay itself many, many times. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 514Mar 02, 2015 5:00 pm I stumbled across this page today - some good reading on waffle pod slabs and slab heave http://www.cornellengineers.com.au/beware-waffle-slabs/ Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 515Mar 02, 2015 5:37 pm 1960sModernistHome I stumbled across this page today - some good reading on waffle pod slabs and slab heave http://www.cornellengineers.com.au/beware-waffle-slabs/ I have across this article before somewhere... definitely a great read! Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 518Mar 02, 2015 9:15 pm Stewie D Isn't Matt Cornell the engineer one of the infrequent visitors to these forums or do I have his last name wrong? That is correct. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 519Mar 04, 2015 12:02 pm Quote: On a couple of jobs that I have drawn over the last couple of years the PCA has knocked back the waterproofing as sub-standard and made the ( licensed ) waterproofer re-do it. Quote: I'll be interested to hear what the PCA has to say. In response to Lilianas question to my statement above I contacted the certifier in question and asked him. He said that as far as he was concerned it was called waterproofing in a wet area not water resistant in a wet area ( despite the official wording ) and if a waterproofer wanted him to tick the box they had bloody well do a good job seeing as it was his licence as a PCA that would be called into question. He doesn't entertain alternate solutions for waterproofing full stop. The other thing he said that if a smart arse waterproofer wanted to call in an expert to provide proof that the alternate solution would work it would hold up the job. With most builders wanting the waterproofing done as quick as possible so they can get the tilers in there, they wouldn't want the delay so they back the PCA every time and make the waterproofer finish the job properly which in most cases amounts to just another heavier coat of membrane compound. I can't say I disagree with him either. Stewie 8 48463 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 13283 Hi all, new to this group. Been watching the site for a while to get an idea of comments and help from everyone. Whilst our questions below are Plainland QLD specific,… 0 15642 |