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Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Protecting your Slab 382Feb 05, 2015 1:22 pm Hi Guys, We received our engineering documents yesterday. We only have piers at the back of the house. Is this normal?? Thank you, Joe Re: Protecting your Slab 383Feb 05, 2015 4:22 pm Yes if you are close to the rear boundary it may be a issue with the sewer easement (angle of repose)being to close to your foundations. It also could be a tree issue at the rear or backfilled pool if it is a knock down re build. Re: Protecting your Slab 384Feb 05, 2015 5:26 pm insider Yes if you are close to the rear boundary it may be a issue with the sewer easement (angle of repose)being to close to your foundations. It also could be a tree issue at the rear or backfilled pool if it is a knock down re build. That makes prefect sense we are quite close to the easement at the back. Thanks for sharing your knowledge I really appreciate it Re: Protecting your Slab 386Feb 06, 2015 10:27 pm tlblhayward ...we are meeting with PD's head of construction and chief operating officer in a little over a week... All the best with that. The problem is more than the slab though, the atrocious site drainage and the reverse slope site cut on reactive soil is a major issue with a very big unknown factor present. Maybe insider can advise further. Did you ever get a resolution about the slab being too low and if not, can that also be taken forward to next week? 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: Protecting your Slab 388Feb 07, 2015 12:09 am tlblhayward PD have admitted that the storm-water points run uphill to the legal point of discharge (which to me seems to suggest that the slab must be too low). Should that not mean that the Building Permit should never have been approved It's certainly a can of worms but I'm not qualified to answer that. For what its worth, I think that it comes back to either a terrible oversight if the drainage was not planned (which would be extremely unlikely) or the slab (and site cut) being too low if the drainage levels were correctly planned. Just curious, was your house the first that PD built in the area? 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: Protecting your Slab 389Feb 07, 2015 12:09 am SaveH2O tlblhayward PD have admitted that the storm-water points run uphill to the legal point of discharge (which to me seems to suggest that the slab must be too low). Should that not mean that the Building Permit should never have been approved It's certainly a can of worms but I'm not qualified to answer that. For what its worth, I think that it comes back to either a terrible oversight if the drainage was not planned (which would be highly unlikely) or the slab (and site cut) being too low if the drainage levels were correctly planned. Just curious, was your house the first that PD built in the area? Sure was... why?! Re: Protecting your Slab 390Feb 07, 2015 12:14 am In that case, you would think that the build would have been very closely scrutinised by PD. 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: Protecting your Slab 391Feb 07, 2015 12:16 am SaveH2O In that case, you would think that the build would have been very closely scrutinised by PD. We were assured by the General Manager of Sales that the house was going to be built to showcase the company's credentials and launch themselves into the spotlight in Bendigo. Re: Protecting your Slab 392Feb 07, 2015 12:18 am A wise marketing strategy and as it should have been. 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: Protecting your Slab 394Feb 07, 2015 11:01 am tlblhayward SaveH2O tlblhayward ...we are meeting with PD's head of construction and chief operating officer in a little over a week... All the best with that. The problem is more than the slab though, the atrocious site drainage and the reverse slope site cut on reactive soil is a major issue with a very big unknown factor present. Maybe insider can advise further. Did you ever get a resolution about the slab being too low and if not, can that also be taken forward to next week? PD have admitted that the storm-water points run uphill to the legal point of discharge (which to me seems to suggest that the slab must be too low). Should that not mean that the Building Permit should never have been approved? Why don't you get levels checked? 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: Protecting your Slab 395Feb 07, 2015 11:17 am building-expert tlblhayward SaveH2O [quote="tlblhayward"]...we are meeting with PD's head of construction and chief operating officer in a little over a week... All the best with that. The problem is more than the slab though, the atrocious site drainage and the reverse slope site cut on reactive soil is a major issue with a very big unknown factor present. Maybe insider can advise further. Did you ever get a resolution about the slab being too low and if not, can that also be taken forward to next week? PD have admitted that the storm-water points run uphill to the legal point of discharge (which to me seems to suggest that the slab must be too low). Should that not mean that the Building Permit should never have been approved? Why don't you get levels checked?[/quote] The levels were checked recently. I have questioned the levels since the start. The slab has been built at the height documented in the construction drawings. Whoever did the comparison between the LPOD level and the slab made a big mistake and it was obviously not checked when the Building Permit was submitted. Re: Protecting your Slab 396Feb 07, 2015 3:44 pm Quote: We were assured by the General Manager of Sales that the house was going to be built to showcase the company's credentials and launch themselves into the spotlight in Bendigo. I think they have achieved that but for all the wrong reasons! Good luck with the meeting too. I hope you end up with a positive outcome and not more " spin ". Stewie Re: Protecting your Slab 397Feb 18, 2015 9:53 pm For those that are wondering how my build is going... check out the latest post on my blog (see my signature). I have a lot of people to thank in this thread for your support... your advice and knowledge has made all the difference. Re: Protecting your Slab 398Feb 19, 2015 7:34 am So happy for you tlb. It will take a bit longer than expected but it would be all done as per plans and specifications. Also a big thumbs up to PD management to acknowledge their mistakes and make the very right decision. Re: Protecting your Slab 400Feb 24, 2015 7:21 pm Hi All, We had our under slab plumbing installed today. I noticed on other builds that there was gravel used to cover the entire foundation area after plumbing where as ours seems to have been used around the pipes. Can anyone see from the photos below if they have just covered the gravel with dirt or do they still need to lay down some more gravel before boxing? http://www.dunedin29.blogspot.com.au/20 ... rical.html Cheers Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16104 4 6193 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5150 |