Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Dec 23, 2009 11:45 pm Google is annoying me, I cant seem to find out whether there is a company out there that will do our strip footings for us, or whether we need to get a seperate concreter etc ourselves and organise it all. Can someone please tell me exactly what is needed for our strip footings and stumps to be done, step by step or if they know of what type of company I should be looking at to do it for us? Our engineering will be getting done, our soil report is finished. If we organise it ourselves, is this right?? A site scrape will need to be done We will need a surveyor to set it all out Garage - boxed now or later? By the concreter? Footings excavated Mesh installed - engineer will tell us? Surveyor checks Concrete poured in footings, and garage slab Beams constructed - brick? Bearers than Joists How many days of work is this? Over two days? What happens when? Im going to bed. My head hurts Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 2Dec 24, 2009 2:45 am An engineer will design the spec telling you mesh and virtual setout details Do the set out or the grano will The garage is seperate from the house? The granos will dig(or mini excav') the digging poly and mesh Box up for a monolithic if the eng' will design it that way 1-3 days ... will there be a termi treatment or retic?? any pre-lay plumbing going in? hahaha sorry your head hurts I got back late, K? It is late. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 3Dec 24, 2009 10:17 am Bam, We are almost in the exact same position at the moment. I think I know some of the answers, as mentioned below, but I am no expert in this, so i welcome being corrected. onc_artisan has also shed some valuable light, thanks! A site scrape will need to be done - YES We will need a surveyor to set it all out - - YES, can do yourself, but i would employ a prof. Garage - boxed now or later? By the concreter? The footings for garage at same time, slab later if you want. Footings excavated - YES Mesh installed - engineer will tell us? - YES he will, it's what he's employed to do Surveyor checks - not sure what you mean here Concrete poured in footings, and garage slab - YES, slab not necessary yet Beams constructed - brick?, - YES, footings at same time, then call the bricky in to start the laying, he will perform to FFL (?) first as well as piers / beams. (terminology scratchy, sorry) Bearers than Joists - YES - YES Hope this helps, but as stated, we are also almost here, so will follow with interest. PS, we in Doreen Neighbour! Plans Done Feb 2010 Permit Done 23 April. Set out Done. Scrape and Excavations Done. Footings Done May 10th. Now, to find a brickie.Got one! Sub-floor bricks & Garage Done - 13th June Sub-floor installed 28 June (?) Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 4Dec 24, 2009 2:28 pm Onc What happened to our midnight chat last night? The garage is on slab, but attached to the house so will need to be boxed up? What is a grano?? We're thinking of treated pine and ant-cap things as termite protection I guess we will need pre-plumbing for sewerage etc? TDS, are you owner building??? You're so close! With the surveyor, I thoughto they needed to check the footings before we poured the concrete to approve it Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 5Dec 24, 2009 4:44 pm Bam Onc What happened to our midnight chat last night? The garage is on slab, but attached to the house so will need to be boxed up? What is a grano?? We're thinking of treated pine and ant-cap things as termite protection I guess we will need pre-plumbing for sewerage etc? TDS, are you owner building??? You're so close! With the surveyor, I thoughto they needed to check the footings before we poured the concrete to approve it There is some things you need to do first. 1 do you have your drawings done yet. 2.if yes the draftsman should be working with engineer. 3. your land surveying should peg out your house site, your footings for digging, and then your brickwork . I can recomend one i am using in diamond creek Lewis Land Surveying, Leighton is his name I will answer more later dinner time. Hilly Diamond creek Vic Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 6Dec 24, 2009 5:56 pm Bam Onc What happened to our midnight chat last night? The garage is on slab, but attached to the house so will need to be boxed up? What is a grano?? We're thinking of treated pine and ant-cap things as termite protection I guess we will need pre-plumbing for sewerage etc? TDS, are you owner building??? You're so close! With the surveyor, I thoughto they needed to check the footings before we poured the concrete to approve it Engineer sooometimes check the Mesh and trench mesh wire tied and stuff. Granos are the good guys well some of them... the real ones SuH I did make it on but you werent there Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 7Dec 25, 2009 11:16 am Hilly Bam Onc What happened to our midnight chat last night? The garage is on slab, but attached to the house so will need to be boxed up? What is a grano?? We're thinking of treated pine and ant-cap things as termite protection I guess we will need pre-plumbing for sewerage etc? TDS, are you owner building??? You're so close! With the surveyor, I thoughto they needed to check the footings before we poured the concrete to approve it There is some things you need to do first. 1 do you have your drawings done yet. 2.if yes the draftsman should be working with engineer. 3. your land surveying should peg out your house site, your footings for digging, and then your brickwork . I can recomend one i am using in diamond creek Lewis Land Surveying, Leighton is his name I will answer more later dinner time. Hilly Diamond creek Vic Our house designer should be finished with our plans first week of Jan, but we still need to find an engineer. Thank you for the surveyor rec Thanks Onc Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 8Dec 25, 2009 9:11 pm There is some things you need to do first. 1 do you have your drawings done yet. 2.if yes the draftsman should be working with engineer. 3. your land surveying should peg out your house site, your footings for digging, and then your brickwork . I can recomend one i am using in diamond creek Lewis Land Surveying, Leighton is his name I will answer more later dinner time. Hilly Diamond creek Vic[/quote] Our house designer should be finished with our plans first week of Jan, but we still need to find an engineer. Thank you for the surveyor rec Thanks Onc [/quote] Tony from Ak eng he is in thomastown. I know a building surveyor and engery rater in thomastown the works in the council. Let me know Hilly. Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 9Dec 27, 2009 7:19 pm Hilly, do you have any other info? Cant find anything on google Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 10Dec 30, 2009 8:29 pm Eng his name is tony kirk 0410041516 Energy rater is sam 0402394589 Of you need a good brick layer let me know he is at my house at the moment good rates too not like the 3 other ones that quoted me. it sounds like you are about 2 months behind me. Hilly Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 11Dec 30, 2009 8:42 pm I hope we're not two months behind you, we have a little one on the way and would really like most the house done! We;re hoping to find someone who can do our enginneering pretty quickly, so I'll give your guys a call Im hesitant to ring anyone given its Christmas, but I might ring on Monday and just apologise for the timing Did the engineer quote from the floor plan or did he need working drawings? I wouldnt mind your brickie details either, Im collating a list of recommended tradies and will contact them all for quotes. If you need any tradie recs, just let me know and I can pass on what I have for you Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 12Dec 30, 2009 9:30 pm This should be a rough schedule for construction: 1. PAY a professional surveyor to peg your block. You require this to ensure that your slab is poured in the correct position. This is really important and you CANNOT do it yourself. Make sure that you get a survey plan from your surveyor and give this to your footing contractor. 2. Provide full sets of plans (including engineering / footing plans) to your footing contractor. 3. Footing contractors will complete the following: - Site scrape - Benching (bringing the block up to the correct level) - Trenching - Underfloor plumbing (your plumber to complete, obviously) - Termite protection / Plastic - Steel - Pour concrete (including any strip footings that may be required - this is usually for alfresco areas, etc) Let the slab sit for at least 7 days or as per the engineer's report. Then, the plumbers can come in and do you underground plumbing (sewer, etc). After that's done, depending on the size of your block, you can get the bricks delivered before the framework so you don't have to pay for hand-cartage. Anyway, hope that helps ! Good luck !!! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 13Dec 30, 2009 10:26 pm hey bam, im another neighbour from doreen, trying to build myself aswell. so far once i got started it hasn't been too stressful but we'll see how i am towards the end ay,also think it helpsbeing a tradie myself. anyway my house is on stumps aswell and went like this - Site cut, to level off the ground and get rid of any dirt if need be. - Site set out, i did this myself but have quite abit of experience with blocks of land, however i wouldnt do it again, was a bloody nightmare haha took me about 4 hours and i know my house is still out by about 6 or 7mm but i fixed that up with the frame anyway. - then get your plumber in to put the inground sewer and stormwater in around the house, much easier on an empty block. - Concreter is next, he will dig all your foundations and footings out, put all the required steel and plastic and give you a time he wants your building surveyor to come around and inspect before he pours, you can get your garage poured now aswell but i'd hold off until you do your driveway, just so it doesnt get scratched and everything whileyour constructing. - next is the bricklayer to lay all your piers and start the external walls so your bearers and joists can be done. obviously your carpenter will be doing them. remember before the carpenter puts the flooring down to get your plumber back to install all the plumbing under the house. Hope that helps and i wasnt too confusing, theres alot i know. btw if you know of any good brickies let me know because i need my garage bricked up very soon. thanks Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 14Dec 31, 2009 8:09 am I know a good brick layer he is at my house now laying bricks his name is john he will be here for at least 2-3 weeks he is very good on his prices and his work is to notch. if you want to drop round to meet him i am in diamond creek if you do come round just give me a call first to make sure i am home. If you need a plummer i have been using earthwise plumming in doreen his name is mick he was the cheapest from 5 quotes and about 20% cheaper. Hilly Phone numbers edited by Bam Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 15Dec 31, 2009 11:15 am Hi Hilly, Ive edited out the phone numbers from your post, as it probably isnt the safest thing to do on the internet but Ive taken a copy of them Just need to duck out quickly, but wanted to say thanks before I come back to respond properly Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 16Jan 03, 2010 3:50 pm Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for your help xx Ill no doubt have a few more questions coming up Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 17Jan 05, 2010 1:08 pm I second Bam's last post and want to say thanks to all! Hilly, I will contact you on Private Message as I need a bricky. Bam, can you send me the list of references you have collated? PM me if you need any details. So there are three of us around Doreen / Mernda who are OBs ( Bam, Brendan & Kirstie, and us) Wow, we should all catch up and discuss, to see if we can assist eachother, in the true sense of OB! Thanks again guys! Plans Done Feb 2010 Permit Done 23 April. Set out Done. Scrape and Excavations Done. Footings Done May 10th. Now, to find a brickie.Got one! Sub-floor bricks & Garage Done - 13th June Sub-floor installed 28 June (?) Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 18Jan 05, 2010 8:59 pm Hi TDS!! Ive had a few other recs which I havent added to the list yet, so Ill update it for you tomorrow and send it through PM me your email Where abouts are you building?? What are you up to?? Im *hoping* to have plans at the end of the week *sigh* Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 19Jan 06, 2010 9:46 pm I have a contact at a hardware chain that makes roof, wall and posi trusses as well. Windows i have had 5 quotes and my mate at regency windows have come good again with the best price Mark Re: Strip footings and stumps fustration!! 20Jan 06, 2010 9:56 pm Ive got Regency on my list, so someone else must have recommended them too Might have to get that truss rec from you next week - remind me if I forget please! Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! 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 5537 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 6955 |