Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 2Jul 22, 2016 11:58 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 3Jul 23, 2016 8:21 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 6Jul 23, 2016 2:28 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 7Jul 23, 2016 5:09 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 9Jul 24, 2016 10:26 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 11Jul 24, 2016 11:57 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 14Jul 24, 2016 1:44 pm Hi Liliana, We have an email copy of his quote and I replied with an email stating we accept it. Other communications were done via SMS including payment. He wanted to pick up the payment in cash which I obliged to. When he came out to do the quote we had discussed about the design and requirements and I specifically asked him it will have a slope away from the home right?, and he responded 'well of course I am not going to slope it towards the house'. I guess with such a great recommendation from our ss I didnt think much else of it and fully trusted he would do a good job. Our ss even said our concrete looked great when he saw it. Honestly, if I had the money I would rip it out and redo straight away but with medical costs and us putting everything we have towards the build of our home, we just cannot find any extra cash to make this right. I don't want to have to choose between stopping my daughter's medical treatments in making our home safe and sound. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 15Jul 24, 2016 3:10 pm The concrete is not compliant for slope and weep hole height. I would follow Liliana's advice as she is one of the best members on this forum and also speaks from personal experience re this situation. I wonder how many other non compliant jobs he has done and it appears that the ss doesn't know his common building regulations either. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 16Jul 24, 2016 3:29 pm I got hold of the concreter and he has agreed to come and meet me tomorrow. I have just told him to come over to discuss the concrete and not told him what it is about yet as I am afraid he might not show up if I did. He might even run after discussing it with him tomorrow. If he were to redo the concrete I am afraid he might damage other parts of the landscaping as I have done a deck, laid artificial grass and have had a front gate installed since. Is the builder responsible as well? It was their ss who referred me onto him and after the concrete was laid said it was a really great job. Their ss was the one who gave me his business card and told me to contact him as he does most of their homes and does a great job and will look after me. I have talked to a few concrete specialist over the phone and they said anyone who pours a concrete perimeter without a slope has no right being in the business as that is a basic rule and for our ss to recommend him we should also get the builders to make this right. Anyways, I will let you know what the concreter says tomorrow. Thanks everyone for all their help and advice. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 17Jul 24, 2016 7:45 pm jennifer_sml Is the builder responsible as well? It was their ss who referred me onto him and after the concrete was laid said it was a really great job. Their ss was the one who gave me his business card and told me to contact him as he does most of their homes and does a great job and will look after me. The implications are a rich tapestry and it requires a qualified legal opinion. By logical thinking, the ss represents the builder and the builder is responsible for his representative's actions but as is well known, the law is an a$$. *Note: this refers to the English colloquial name for a donkey, not the US 'take'. I wonder whether the ss receives a kickback? It would be very interesting to know the number of other jobs the ss has successfully referred to the concreter. An audit of all of his work is in order but I don't know if the VBA has the power to do this. *Haha, the word filter must be American! 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 18Jul 24, 2016 8:06 pm I found out the ss is no longer working for the builder and have been advised by another concreter (who I was getting quotes to try and rectify this problem) is to take it up this matter to the Construction Manager or Director of the building company. My cousin who is in the US and works for a big law firm says for me to go after the builders for 'Referral Negligance' as they have referred and recommended me onto a contractor that did the job that may void their structural warranty and it may seem that even the ss did not know the requirements of the concrete regulation, however, I am afraid this might be turn out to be a David vs Goliath match! Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 19Jul 24, 2016 9:09 pm It really is one step at a time at the moment but I think that one of the first urgent steps is to have all of the drainage pipes and fittings examined for fractures as well as looking for the presence of clay trench plugs as required per AS2870 when building on reactive soil. The other culprit could be poor site drainage during construction but having no photos is a killer here. I would also have your roof stormwater drainage examined by an expert for compliance. Non compliant roof drainage is endemic in Victoria. Did you get anything in writing after the structural engineers report? You need to get some heavy weights on side but the building industry is a mine field. I don't know what help the VBA would be but it wouldn't hurt talking to someone there. Hopefully a more knowledgeable H1 member than I will be able to advise about procedure. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Concrete Perimeter around home 20Jul 24, 2016 9:40 pm Thanks SaveH2O for all your help. I hope some more building experts will also be able to read this forum and give me some advise on how to proceed as well. Getting in inspectors etc cost quite a bit and that is money that we do not have at the moment. I am just trying to find out as much as I can by trolling the net at the moment. The structural engineer is from the builder and he recorded his findings and just told me the concrete perimeter is incorrect and that was all. I am worried that as he works for the builders they are coming up with a case to void my structural warranty. I am just preparing in the case that if worse comes to worse and no one admits fault we at our own cost will need to find a way to remove and re-pour the concrete perimeter and driveway and do it properly so the builders cannot void our warranty, it will just come at the expense of my daughter's medical treatments which is what is really killing me. Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12572 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12854 Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 8548 |