Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 961Jul 19, 2020 10:49 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 965Jul 19, 2020 11:48 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 966Jul 20, 2020 12:12 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 968Jul 20, 2020 9:14 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 980Oct 04, 2020 7:12 am Reading on this post. LIH wanted to charge me 15k extra in drainage for waffle pod, 15k in traffic management, 8k in cranage. They gave promotion for waffle pod charging higher base price (370k in lieu of 330k for similar size and inclusion compared to other builder). Overall 500k at contract for 43 square home after tender and color. All in all, waffle pod ended up being more expensive than raft slab. So I walked away. Waffle pod is popular because it makes total build cost cheap for builder. Many builders now don't do raft slab. Waffle pod is not cheap for owner when you take in to account the cost of maintaining it and the risk of your house falling apart. Foundation is part of the house that you can not replaced once the build is up. So I run away from large project home builder for a custom home. insider Adam.M qebtel Not that I am querying Adam.M's authenticity, but it would seem if this is true, that one should just do a raft slab whenever on a H soil? But I am aware that plenty of waffle pods are going down on is H+ sites, even when they are on the low side of the road, and beneath the level of the road. Why is this? Just cost? Wow this is digging up an old post! First of all I am not a structural engineer. My knowledge only goes as far as reading through AS2870, researching and talking to actual structural engineers. From my search, I have heard many different view points. From what I have gathered is this:
- The reality is, it doesn't take much to incorrectly install a waffle pod - A raft slab is much more forgiving - A raft slab takes a few more days and many $1,000's extra - Consumers want a cheaper deal and builders give them what they want! If you read AS2870 in it's entirety and the CSIRO's guide on slab maintenance, you will see that not many houses comply. Eg. next doors house that sits 400mm under my house's level, built using a waffle pod with no fall what so ever. All in all, not everyone will agree with my statement. But as I said, I have heard engineers on both sides and it seems they can't even make up their own minds! I agree with you Adam.m I think it will be sorted out in court and the main arguments will be who is responsible for drainage . is it the builder ,did they follow the engineers drainage design ? is the engineers drainage design adequate , did it comply with AS2870 ? is it something the owner has done regarding drainage ? I my opinion builder and engineer will carry the responsibility and the builder taking the largest load. Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 13612 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.… 0 745 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15288 |