Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 May 02, 2016 3:54 pm Hi, Currently I have some shrubbs (upto 2m height) against the house that I want to have pulled out (with roots) and replace it with concrete path. The main rationale being stabilising the house's foundation as moisture and roots have caused instability in the foundation and some hairline cracks in the external brick wall appeared. Also, the soil level in the front of the house is higher than the habitable floor level inside the house, so it was recommended by the building and pest officer to excavate the soil in order to prevent moisture transfer and termite risk. I had a quote from a landscaper and the price seemed reasonable (around $ 4K for pulling out shrubbs and concreting and excavating the soil). He talked about while laying the concrete foot path around the house (900cm wide), he will install metal poles to fix the concrete path against the house slab in order to create a more stable solution. What do you think of this? Will this help or risk destablising the slab even further as the concrete path move overtime? I think the soil I am on is quite reactive Any insights is welcome, happy to provide further information Thanks. Ed Re: Cement path around the house fixed to slab 2May 03, 2016 9:52 am The concrete path should be separated from the main house slab with a 10mm flexible membrane to allow for movement. You should also have the path 75mm down from where your bricks start for termite proofing. It sounds like your landscaper should keep to plants and allow a concreter to do the path. Stewie Re: Cement path around the house fixed to slab 3May 03, 2016 11:37 pm We used a bitumen-impregnated expansion joint (Bitumen Jointex) & put metal dowels through them into the house slab as you describe when pouring our perimeter path and driveway. Did the quote contain how often control joints will be placed? We used 'Crack a Joint' which leaves a tidy look vs saw cuts. Lynne Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 12867 Not recommended! The image presented is for a sublevel area. The footings are down deep with a load bearing wall supporting the upper floor level. If you did that drain… 8 10571 Thank you so much for your response. I have drawn a pedestrian gate in - for curb appeal, let's see how much costs come in at. I think you're right - if we decide to… 2 6517 |