Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 28, 2007 9:05 am Hi Everyone,
We just had our soil test done and the report has come back saying "Extremely Reactive" Soil. As a result, our siteworks have come back just shy of $12,000 on top of the included standard.... Does anyone have any feedback on this? Apparently they can't use a waffle pod. I'm so cranky! Andrew Re: Extremely Reactive Soil. 4Nov 28, 2007 11:48 am raft slab? Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: Extremely Reactive Soil. 5Nov 28, 2007 12:03 pm It says on the Site Classification that it is a E Class site then next to it, it has 460 high Waffles. Does this refer to the slab requirement itself? The size of the house is 222m2. Does this price sound about right?
Has anyone heard of the larger companies giving a discount for this sort of thing if I look as though I'm not going to go ahead with the contract? We haven't signed yet. Re: Extremely Reactive Soil. 6Nov 28, 2007 3:59 pm Hi there,
Our soil report came back as ED - extremely reactive. Footings are going to cost $19,646.00 As I can understand it ( please ignore any obvious errors...) we will be having a - single pour grillage raft with beams and reinforcment (have no idea what this means...) It does state beam sizes and type of reinforcment, but thought that might be a bit much. Re: Extremely Reactive Soil. 8Nov 28, 2007 4:32 pm Hi GriffBNE
$12000 just for additional concrete. At $200 m3 thats 60M3 of concrete. Where are they going to put it ???? I'd ask for a copy of the engineers slab design, and compare it to a conventional slab just to see where the additional costs are. My guess is that they have not had the slab design done and the additional $12000 is a very well padded guess. For a 222m2 slab, even if you doubled the amount of mesh and doubled the depth of footings, you still would not get near $12000. I'd ask them to justify their figure; that is provide quantities for a conventional slab and compare those to the redesigned slab for E class soil. With that sort of soil type if you ask for a design to include piers then I would also include void formers. That way you should reduce the chances of settlement and heave. 7 6625 Hi, we live in an area where the black soil is prone to a lot of movement. We have an old 50's house with masonite everywhere and nails popping out, warping, rusted etc.… 0 5974 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 12857 |