Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Slab 2Apr 09, 2017 7:48 am Waffle slab is just one sort of raft slab. here is a link that explains about a Waffle Pod Slab https://anewhouse.com.au/2012/09/waffle-pod-raft-slab/ you will also find a link to a conventional slab. Bored piers are one sort of way of supporting a slab that is built on soft ground This link describes more about building on piers http://anewhouse.com.au/2012/08/buildin ... ete-piers/ 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. 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 6168 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5150 |