Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Stumps already in place 8Jan 08, 2019 8:33 am Manjick insider I don't like your chances but you will need a another soil test and they will need to do at least one footing probe to confirm everything. Remember even though the soil hasn't changed the Aus standards have several times over last 10 -15 years. Things may have changed on site for example a tree may be growing nearby or moisture conditions may have changed eg. excessively wet or dry changing the site to a "P" site so you need a soil test to confirm site conditions. Hi insider, So my big question is how do you do a footing probe? I also am going to try and ring and talk to a building inspector in the next few days to see what they say. The building inspector should give you the same advice as Insider gave you Plus There is a high chance the footings are non-compliant in which case an engineer will need to certify them as equivalent to what is required in the relevant parts of the Australian Standards, Generally there will be 3 parts to codes 1.Simplified 2 .Calculations (Principles Expanded) 3.Simulations BTW, you can do all the comparisons, calculations and investigative work you want, it's the engineers licence number that's required on the plans and the regulations are tightening as a result of the new engineers Act and recent Structural Building Inspection failures here Cracked Building Highlights Certification Problem Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs If your patio is going to be 35 sqm then that's going to need Council Approval. The fact that they previously approved your 25sqm patio will be irelevant 1 6546 If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5790 Are they stumps or screw piles ? How much fill is there, is the site a class "P" ? A "H2" site is not supposed to have stumps it is supposed to have grid beams according… 1 7537 |