Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Waffle pod slabs saga in western and northern Melbourne 21May 13, 2016 12:43 pm Insider is the resident slab heave expert and he has extensively investigated the cause of numerous heaved slabs here in Victoria. A pertinent comment he made in the slab heave post that I have linked below stated that it is estimated that over 50% of slab heaves have been caused by plumbing problems. viewtopic.php?p=1243840#p1243840 The gist of it is that if you build on highly reactive soil, you roll the dice and gamble that nothing goes wrong. The displayed lack of regulatory knowledge and plumbers being allowed to sign off on their own often non compliant work coupled with unsupervised cowboys working in the industry guarantees that things will sometimes go wrong. Living in a house that floats on a sea of sewage cannot be pleasant. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/thous ... 39q4z.html 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. The Soil classification has little to do with piers. The purpose of the classing of the soil is to identify the clay content and the "average expected range of movement… 2 9840 Hello, we can help you please get in contact 0421019219 thank you 3 31820 my suspicion - some builders, they do usually make 'odd' settings in their site plan / pricing as their standards - being hopeful that first - the initial price is… 9 2443 |