Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR - Rawson Balmoral (Modified) Sydney NSW 19Aug 11, 2020 12:23 am ![]() Quote: Is it safe to have the form exposed from the slab like that? The foam on the face of the slab is to be bricked. They simply burn or smash the foam to reveal the void. Personally, it was a crappy job on my alfresco and I chipped it all off and rendered it. Stupid idea with waffle slab. Steve is correct, the foam you can see is used to form a rebate in the drop edge beam for brickwork under the porch and alfresco slab. The foam has been subsequently removed. It looks reasonably neat at the front porch but the alfresco is a bit crappy... the foam moved during the pour and the concrete lines are crooked. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR - Rawson Balmoral (Modified) Sydney NSW 20Aug 11, 2020 12:24 am ![]() Hopefully it doesn't effect the structural strength along the edge. It'll be fine, the bricks in the rebate under the alfresco slab are mostly cosmetic. Good choice between these two builders. I know the management of both and they are all nice people for what that is worth. I personally think Wisdom are building some… 1 1267 ![]() *Updated - October 2020 Everything has been happening a little quicker, Site manager is easy to deal with and the build seem great. No obvious issues at this stage.… 4 4923 |