Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Jan 24, 2014 2:53 pm Is this acceptable? When walking around the slab there seems to be lots of bulging at the bottom. What causes this? Did they take the formwork out too quickly?? Will it effect anything ? I must say... poor concreting... the alfresco at the back. when you walk on it... you can feel "dips" in it because it is not level. How can you rectify this? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Concrete Slab bulging at the bottom 2Jan 24, 2014 4:52 pm Is it a bulge or just excess concrete ? Re deck - when you tile it you might find this is not very apparent - unless we're talking bad levels. Re: Concrete Slab bulging at the bottom 3Jan 24, 2014 7:14 pm It looks like the form work board didn't go down to ground level and the concrete bulged out. Not a great job but won't affect the strength and will all be below ground level and so be hidden. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Concrete Slab bulging at the bottom 5Jan 24, 2014 10:50 pm bashworth It looks like the form work board didn't go down to ground level and the concrete bulged out. Not a great job but won't affect the strength and will all be below ground level and so be hidden. Exactly, the form board was too narrow and the curled the plastic up over it to fill the void under. Just a bit unprofessional that's all. As for the Alfresco slab, if you are going to tile it, just make the tiler aware so he will use some leveller. If you don't tell him, he might think you aren't fussed I assume yo have unground pool If you have a bulge in the pool sides or floor it is because the hydrostatic pressure on the outside of your pool is higher than inside the… 2 29249 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 3526 yep, clearly mark where the infloor heating pipes are before drilling or nailing 1 5461 |