Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 29, 2018 10:34 am We are a knock down rebuild in Dundas Valley in NSW. We did a tender with a building company two years ago on our home with Builder A, we got soil test and survey, on the documents our slab class was H2 on the plan and M class on the site costs in contract. Just recently engaged another builder to do a soil test and the soil class has come back 'P class'. The soil tester was the same one as two years ago as his number came up in my phone. Does this seem odd ? I can't see the exact price difference in the tenders but it must be quite a bit more ? Anyone else had this ? Re: Slab Class different over 2 years and two different buil 2Jul 29, 2018 10:58 am We got classed at a p just because it dash a kdr. Our actual soil test was something else (can't remember) Re: Slab Class different over 2 years and two different buil 3Jul 29, 2018 11:30 am Venusta Welcome to the forum, beware of Price Gouging, & check with fair trading If you have paid for the original soil report just use that with another builder BTW, you may not see a price difference at the tender stage unless you have all the engineering changes priced up That usually follows at contract signing as a variation Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs I might be misunderstanding.... but I would be more inclined to cut a section out from the cinder block wall and place the cistern in the cinder block wall. Very messy job… 1 1520 The Soil classification has little to do with piers. The purpose of the classing of the soil is to identify the clay content and the "average expected range of movement… 2 10224 yep you need a joint, foam is easiest, will look fine once rendered with a joint. 2 5402 |