Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 5Nov 24, 2014 12:15 pm My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 6Nov 24, 2014 1:12 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 7Nov 24, 2014 2:15 pm bpratt Personally I think they should be laying reo in a garage slab, as you have heavy things on it, such as your car, storage shelves, workbenchs that all put load in small areas, i.e. tyre contact point, storage shelf legs, etc. Maybe the sandy soils of WA they may not need it ? I would have thought so too... we phoned our supervisor to find out and got told, "only if you asked for it at prestart" - well gee if we had known it wasn't in there then we would have asked. Oh well. My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 8Nov 24, 2014 2:41 pm Well I was no help, sorry was at the hairdressers That sucks, I would have thought reo would be automatic .... another thing to add to my list of things to watch out for. Bpratt is right, you have heavy things on that floor. Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 9Nov 24, 2014 2:45 pm Yep, just sent a mail off to my builder for them to reconfirm that the garages (Front and Rear), Alfresco and porch should be reinforced. Dont want any cracks...... Probably cost me for the variation, honestly I assumed it would be part of it... Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 10Nov 26, 2014 11:02 pm bpratt Personally I think they should be laying reo in a garage slab, as you have heavy things on it, such as your car, storage shelves, workbenchs that all put load in small areas, i.e. tyre contact point, storage shelf legs, etc. Maybe the sandy soils of WA they may not need it ? Things must be very different in the wild wild west. I also would have thought it would be an engineering requirement to install mesh in a garage. I know mine was. Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 12Nov 26, 2014 11:50 pm Hmmm good question Burnsfirstime. Does anyone on here who has said no compaction or reinforcing had any cracks appear? If people knew to ask for reinforcing etc roughly what was the cost? Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 13Nov 27, 2014 1:39 pm I had no compaction and no mesh. One of my numerous regrets! Another lesson learned as a first time builder I suppose. Beazley77 Does anyone on here who has said no compaction or reinforcing had any cracks appear? I did point it out at prestart and was basically told that the builder won't do anything about because its superficial, not structural. Might be one of the things I bring up at 6 months maintenance - because everyone knows how useful they are JB1 bpratt Personally I think they should be laying reo in a garage slab, as you have heavy things on it, such as your car, storage shelves, workbenchs that all put load in small areas, i.e. tyre contact point, storage shelf legs, etc. Maybe the sandy soils of WA they may not need it ? Things must be very different in the wild wild west. I also would have thought it would be an engineering requirement to install mesh in a garage. I know mine was. Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 17Nov 27, 2014 5:01 pm PanRaptor I had no compaction and no mesh. One of my numerous regrets! Another lesson learned as a first time builder I suppose. Beazley77 Does anyone on here who has said no compaction or reinforcing had any cracks appear? I did point it out at prestart and was basically told that the builder won't do anything about because its superficial, not structural. Might be one of the things I bring up at 6 months maintenance - because everyone knows how useful they are JB1 bpratt Personally I think they should be laying reo in a garage slab, as you have heavy things on it, such as your car, storage shelves, workbenchs that all put load in small areas, i.e. tyre contact point, storage shelf legs, etc. Maybe the sandy soils of WA they may not need it ? Things must be very different in the wild wild west. I also would have thought it would be an engineering requirement to install mesh in a garage. I know mine was. Hey Pan, I've been keeping an eye on your thread and all looks like it went pretty well! Congrats. Dumb question... how thick is the grano do you know? Obviously not as thick as the slab if garage is -1C lower than house level... Re: Advice quickly as they are about to pour the concrete... 18Nov 30, 2014 9:44 pm Beazley77 Hey Pan, I've been keeping an eye on your thread and all looks like it went pretty well! Congrats. Dumb question... how thick is the grano do you know? Obviously not as thick as the slab if garage is -1C lower than house level... Hi Beazley77! It did go pretty well for the most part, but of course things could have been done better. Or perhaps right the first time! I haven't measured the grano thickness and I don't have my plans handy, but I'm guessing it's 100mm. Looks that way to my semi-trained eye. Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 14545 |