Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 869Nov 21, 2016 2:39 pm Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 876Nov 22, 2016 1:12 pm Liliana bank Liliana I can't see how to edit on this new site. The above should read "Your neighbours" not "You're neighbours". Click the 3 dots, bottom right hand corner of your post. It took me a while to find it too I must be blind - I can't see any dots but I just clicked at random in the right hand corner and you're right an "edit" tab appears! Many thanks. Now to find the emoticons...... I am thinking it must look different for you if you have no dots, but emoticons are up the top for me (on PC) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Dots Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Apologies for being so far off topic Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 877Nov 22, 2016 4:39 pm 1960sModernistHome My view is that foundations and slabs should be virtually idiot-proof. You shouldn't have to build a concrete path around your house, or restricted from planting a small garden bed, just so your slab won't buckle. I wouldn't have a waffle pod slab in a house that I build, and I most certainly would not buy an existing house that has a waffle pod slab (who knows what's happened to it?). I see this being a resale issue in a decade or so. In 10 years from now, people might be avoiding waffle pod slab homes just like they avoid houses with asbestos today. My view exactly but I will put it another way. How is slab design that does not have foundation protection fit for purpose when it is at risk from common gardening around home? Whilst I think that CSIRO guide to foundation management for homeowners is not a bad document it is misused by builders to shift blame onto homeowners in the same way Guide to Standards and Tolerances is misused to give builders excuse for poor workmanship. Furthermore if we are going to allow building dwellings on highly reacive sites we should have insurance write off scheme (to protect homeowners) for damaged dwellings that cannot be returned to normal construction tolerances. Obviously something like that is beyond intellectual capacity of bed bugs that wrote the legislation. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 878Nov 24, 2016 1:31 pm We almost need in contracts that within tolerances won't be accepted if workmanship is not up to display quality, in reality almost no volume builder has intentions or ability to give u display quality; the rules change as soon as u sign contract, slab heave almost always is learned about after the fact, , this has got to change first before governments will make real changes to protect consumers properly. Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 879Nov 24, 2016 4:16 pm Agreed - until then, your best protection is to either be extremely vigilant as a client, or employ a professional building inspector/surveyor to act on your behalf during the design and construction process. Builders will take as much slack as you give them unfortunately. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully 880Jul 03, 2017 10:32 pm Starting to see a new wave of slab heave houses constructed between 5/2015-6/2016 it's all happening again.Looks like we have learnt nothing from the pre 2011 slab heave houses. Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 13958 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 772 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15564 |