Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 5Nov 07, 2015 8:53 pm Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 7Nov 08, 2015 6:19 am Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 8Nov 12, 2015 9:50 pm Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 10Nov 13, 2015 7:30 am Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 13Nov 13, 2015 8:20 am Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 14Nov 13, 2015 8:25 am Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 16Nov 13, 2015 8:32 am Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 17Nov 13, 2015 8:37 am viewtopic.php?f=1&t=64836
Being on a H2 site this topic needs to be read from page 1 to the very last post. Slab heave can be avoided if care is taken. That care needs to be taken by builder from the slab is poured and continued by you after handover. Make builder 100% sure that you will be on the look out for site drainage from the day slab is poured and that you take photos of everything from the first day site is cut. Take hundreds of photos of everything like site cut, slab preparation of steel and form work, pipe locations and pipe penetrations, slab rebates, frame, trusses, plumbing location, electrical location all before plastering. It is what is under the plaster that you need to record. Do not allow any water to pool against slab or stay onsite from day 1. Get temporary downpipes placed into storm water from the day the roof is on. Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 18Nov 13, 2015 8:40 am Halcyon That's definitely good to know, thanks Goody! Did you have an independent builder do any inspections along the way? viewtopic.php?t=80646 I did but unfortunately that didn't work out so well in the first instance. It was a prepour of slab inspection. I had a retired building inspector who is a friend of mine come with me after that for the other stages up until lock up. Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 19Nov 13, 2015 8:58 am Thanks Goody, you're a champion! You must have been a builder in a past life I'll have a read tonight, my partner will want to read it as well. His dad is an ex builder so we'll be taking him on inspections for sure, I haven't asked him about slabs yet but I'll be curious to see what he thinks. viewtopic.php?t=80646 Building Simonds Hudson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80646 Re: Building Simonds Hudson in Warrnambool Vic 20Nov 13, 2015 9:19 am I was anal about my slab. To me that is more important than anything else, especially on a H2 site and using waffle pod slab which I was against in the beginning as I thought I was getting a stiffened beam conventional raft slab. I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4480 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30235 |