Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Apr 15, 2019 4:55 pm We bought a newly constructed home and 3 months after concrete was poured it started to crack in several places. Is this normal? We've both had new cement poured before and it didn't crack. Re: Concrete 2Apr 16, 2019 8:05 pm Some cracking in large concrete slabs can be expected. Follow this link for more information: Concrete Cracking 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. The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5787 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 13362 |