Waffle not-the-kind-you-toast Pods - fixed site cost?

blessedpeople · Feb 12, 2008 10:35 pm

we're going with waffle pods and a h class slab as recommended by the engineers who did the site & contour testing/report. The builder has confirmed that with waffle pods, the site cost is fixed as there is no situation of hitting rocks and having to blast/ cart away etc.

I have read up the pros & cons of waffle pods...and have a few friends who have them who are happy with them overall (Slight hairline cracks after 9 years)

Anyways, I just wanted to confirm if the fixed site cost are true with waffle pods or is there something i'm not aware of?

Another thing, can we please take a poll on who has gone with waffle pods instead of crumpets for their home :lol:

davinci · Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm

even with waffle pods when site cut is done the builder/engineer/concretor migth want a screw pile or 10 installed
one slab i was on had this situation pop up

blessedpeople · Feb 13, 2008 7:42 pm

how much more did that end up costing?

davinci · Feb 13, 2008 8:19 pm

cant remember was 5 odd years ago

blessedpeople · Feb 13, 2008 10:45 pm

i'm guessing it wasn't too expensive then Davinci :wink:

davinci · Feb 14, 2008 8:38 am

at most 1k - 2k

blessedpeople · Feb 14, 2008 6:45 pm

Thank you for sharing your wealth of experience Davinci. 1 to 2k isnt too bad (but i hope it doesnt happen

...i was worried about it reaching 5 figures :shock: