Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 15, 2008 9:35 pm Hi all,
well finally our house is getting underway after a long process. The slab was poured nearly a couple of months ago. It was poured incorrect where on the back cornerof the slab, the corner was not truncated to meet the setback requirements (we are a corner block with rear laneway giving us roadway on three sides). To fix this the builder has just cut off a bit of the corner to give the truncation. My concern is now that there is no footing under a small section of this truncation for the slab and outcourse of brickwork. It is only a small section around 400mm. Your thoughts would be appreciated. thanks yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7320 PM me your email. I have a build excavation calculator you can use based on your plans to double check what your builder is telling you. Cheers Simeon 1 10242 I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3314 |