Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Footing Variation with controlled fill 23Apr 15, 2015 10:13 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Footing Variation with controlled fill 28Apr 16, 2015 9:43 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Footing Variation with controlled fill 31Apr 19, 2015 8:55 pm Have you questioned why it went to contract without a fixed price for slab? Did they only have an allowance set for the slab? I wouldn't consider our letter of tender until we had fixed pricing for slab and all others. As it is we have an allowance for acoustics and made sure that was well over what we would need as a safe guard. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 14920 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7246 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 10169 |