Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Jan 11, 2010 9:02 pm i have been in my house 6 months and my front paving/drive and my garage floor already have cracks in them. Is this normal?? Re: cracked garage floor 2Jan 13, 2010 7:06 pm Concrete does crack, there is no full proof way of stopping it cracking especialy with the volatile weather in vic. if your on a cut and fill site and the conc. was installed not long after fill then it may crack due to subsidence. Park a truck on 100mm it will probably crack (removalist truck) if the concrete starts to fall apart in chunks etc then i would call builder / contractor Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: cracked garage floor 3Jan 13, 2010 7:11 pm i had a concrete spraying company here tonight and they said that it shouldnt have cracked so bad so soon. My site was cut and filled with only a small digging machine, im thinking it wasnt compated enough.. Re: cracked garage floor 4Jan 13, 2010 7:12 pm forgot to mention that the concrete in the garage/landing is a different colour to the concrete in the drive! Do I have a right to get this fixed?? It looks aweful! Re: cracked garage floor 5Jan 13, 2010 7:14 pm Call the builder for a visit and see what they say. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: cracked garage floor 6Jan 15, 2010 7:57 pm scrappinfreak forgot to mention that the concrete in the garage/landing is a different colour to the concrete in the drive! Do I have a right to get this fixed?? It looks aweful! Was the driveway included in the building contract? Many uncontrollable factors can change the shade of concrete, your garage slab and driveway were poured months apart, no one could or should guarantee a colour match. isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 17528 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4872 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Hi there, I just recently received my new house from my builder. We handed the house to another company to deal with the… 0 8915 |