Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Cracks in slab! 5Dec 28, 2023 5:42 am 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: Cracks in slab! 10Jan 31, 2024 12:09 pm The CSIRO BTF18 explains differnt types of cracks and what "normal" is Google this and the top result is actually the latest version. You normally have to buy this from the CSIRO for a whole $8.00 search term: "csiro BTF 18 site:au .pdf" without quotations If you have taken pictures during construction and have any showing water ponding against the slab edges, you have your builder by the short and curlies - so to speak as this is a breach of a whole heap of standards and the NCC. For example, thihs is from AS2870 - Residential Slabs and Footings: "Drainage of the site: the site should graded or drained so that water cannot pond against or near the building. The ground immediately adjacent to the building should be graded to a uniform fall of 50mm minimum away from the building over the first metre" This is from AS1684.2 Timber Framing Standard: 3.2.23 NOTE: Surface and subsurface water occurring on the building site shall be diverted to prevent it from flowing under the structure. Ponding of water under the structure shall be prevented by filling, grading or the provision of drainage or diversion channels Check also the NCC section 3.1.3.3 Surface Water Drainage The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11167 It sounds like you have a crack in your garage where the wall meets the ceiling, along the shadow line on the… 0 17230 Do you have a scope of works? If have texture on wall now, the patch will show through The standard for repair of texture is to patch, re-texture corner to corner,… 5 6942 |