Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Aug 11, 2010 10:57 pm Well we are at the stage of the suspended slab and it has been a very hairy couple of weeks. This building industry puzzle me to the max ... but dont go there!!! Anyway after lots of ego stroking and checking and rechecking and calling in favours we are now back on track ... albeit a bit behind the time scale. So it looks like we pour on Wednesday and then it has to cure for a few weeks before can start the next level. Hold thumbs for us. K Re: Suspended slab 2Aug 11, 2010 11:52 pm congrats guys hope it all goes well stay safe happy building Re: Suspended slab 4Aug 13, 2010 1:48 am the timing thing drives me mad. the money is pretty close to what we thought as we had a professional estimation. We have gone over on some things such as the slab on ground .... but understandable as that was polished concrete! We also spent slightly more a brickie and this suspended slab as they were all highly recommended. Other than that ... money on the money so to speak. Just the timing Re: Suspended slab 5Aug 14, 2010 1:39 am lol time ours was ment to be 2yrs but looking like 4 yrs now but i dont have a time schedule anymore it got thrown out at around the 8th month stage lol stay safe happy building Re: Suspended slab 6Aug 14, 2010 11:02 am kayandandy Anyway after lots of ego stroking and checking and rechecking BTW we have a broom here that is probably yours K. I will drop it off on Monday and have a squiz at proceedings if that is ok. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Suspended slab 7Aug 15, 2010 7:49 am Gday Kay and Andy, i dont suppose you could tell me abit about the polished concrete, am very very interested in that. Does the whole slab have to be poured with that or just the bit your polishing? I understand they increase the strength from the usual 20mpa to 25mpa, is that correct? So many more questions, whats the difference in costs?? Re: Suspended slab 8Aug 15, 2010 11:24 am I can probably answer that Ross. The footings are in grey and the whole of the slab is Polished mix. The polished mix was 32mpa. The cost difference is heaps. The mix chosen was about the most expensive Holcim produce. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Suspended slab 9Aug 15, 2010 5:18 pm Ross! Onc was our grano man!!! Our professional estimation and what we have paid are two completely different things HOWEVER when we factored in what it would cost us to lay tiles it sort of added up. We have also had the alfresco done and the portico which by themselves are two rather large areas so if we take them out we are probably 'even stevens' with the price. We have a curved wall and the thought of tile grout lines or wood interfering with it just annoyed me so I started toying with different ideas. We then moved onto epoxy but now having seen it I am very glad we didnt go down that route. The other bonuse for us is that it can all sort of be finished rather quickly and not hold up proceedings so to speak so once it is polished it is good to go. the difficulty is finding a grano who will do it ... i was lucky to find Onc! I spoke to guy yesterday on our estate who says he RARELY hands out his card! As for choosing the most expenisive one ... well what can I say - bloody typical! But it is beautiful! Re: Suspended slab 10Aug 15, 2010 5:20 pm onc_artisan I can probably answer that Ross. The footings are in grey and the whole of the slab is Polished mix. The polished mix was 32mpa. The cost difference is heaps. The mix chosen was about the most expensive Holcim produce. Does that mean it is strong Onc? Hey I dont think the broom is ours but pop down and have a look ... I hope it is all on track - they are a bit behind schedule with the footings which I dont think are quite done yet ... rain! Re: Suspended slab 11Aug 15, 2010 10:21 pm So I assume you only polish the areas you need polishing? I want an area of 42sqaure metres out of a 182m slab. What height difference between a finished polished section and the other areas? Can the other areas be recessed so that polished floor to carpet/ tiles is at same level? Re: Suspended slab 13Aug 15, 2010 10:48 pm @ Ross I think we have hijacked kayandandys' thread Though I figure answering here will be worthy FFR We grind 4-6mm(possibly more) from a slab to acheive a fully ground & polished finish. If the area you chose NOT to grind had walls seperating them then no issues re height variation. yes a tiled or carpeted zone you want a level transition between them, ...then a set down during slab placement is warranted. Usually a metal or plastic strip(shaped like this L) will delineate the 'Zone' and then the step down will be square and tidy and polish to it. On the other bit PM me for my details re NSW What stage are you at BTW? Sorry K back OT Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Suspended slab 14Aug 19, 2010 12:58 am I am bored of this stage ... and what a bloody headache it has been. It has been so frustrating as I really have had to rely on my project manager for this one as I am too terrified to get up there and have a look (have a shocking fear of heights) and it has been such a sssssllllooooooowwwww process HOWEVER we are finally there and pour goes on Monday. Only bloody thing is that we then have to wait for three weeks .... something to do with bouncing and bending. Concrete aint my game but will take it from the experts. And there was so much steel in the front that they couldnt lay my shower grate ..... grrrrrrrr ..... I have already bought it! Oh well ebay here I come!!!! k Re: Suspended slab 15Aug 19, 2010 1:06 am Hmmm... yes slow and slower are 2 words synonymous with suspended slabs. But once done all is go! BTW all looks good... well as far as anyone can tell Each step is a step closer Hang in there K Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Suspended slab 17Aug 23, 2010 1:49 am Ross We decided at the last minute and it was a NIGHTMARE!!!! I kind of got this idea and told our project manager who I had to talk around ... and then I had to find a colour, which is hard when the samples you can look at are only 10cm ... and some bugger pinches the only one you like! So although twelve months seems like a million miles away ... start researching and planning now. Sure beats two weeks! It is also very difficult to find people to do it. Luckily for us we found Onc but we had one quote for both floor and suspended slab for 90k plus gst! And then we would have to do the ginding on top of that! Re: Suspended slab things are a moving!!!!! FINALLY 18Aug 27, 2010 12:48 am Well today we saw the completion of a few tasks ... and about bloody time, I say! My windows and glorious double glazed and very sexy door finally left Poland, bound for our shores and my suspended slab is now suspended. Three weeks to wait for the thing to dry and then onwards to a second storey ... and closer to shift in day! Man I am getting very very impatient! Kay Re: Suspended slab 19Sep 02, 2010 2:43 am Have you not seen a decent sized mix on the floor? WA Marble & Granite have a handful of polished mixes on the floor to view, I think they're roughly 2m x 2m, certainly nice to see them and walk on them though. They have a few honed outside as well. We plan to hone our driveway and some of the outside living areas. Are you going polished both upstairs and downstairs? We originally got quoted 70k to do a reverse living 2 storey, the builders really didn't want to touch it though. So happy with who we have chosen to go with now, we tell them what we want, they organise the quote, and we pay for the 'extras' direct to the other companies. Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 25314 How are you doing Ben? Extremely interested in hearing what you are doing or plan to do! 12 13350 Hi all, Trying to workout the minimum stepdown required between slab for my house and the outdoor alfresco area. Garage is 100mm lower than rest of the house and plan was… 0 3657 |