Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Help! Builder wants to change from raft to waffle slab a 3Feb 18, 2014 5:48 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Help! Builder wants to change from raft to waffle slab a 6Feb 18, 2014 9:05 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Help! Builder wants to change from raft to waffle slab a 14Feb 26, 2017 9:40 am Great video. Builders use waffle pod slabs because they are cheaper, not because they are better. 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: Help! Builder wants to change from raft to waffle slab a 15Feb 26, 2017 9:41 am I've got no opinion on your circumstance Ari, but when I was organising my build (on a M class site), the builder, slab engineer and building surveyor all said that they would use a raft slab if given the choice. I got a raft slab. The Soil classification has little to do with piers. The purpose of the classing of the soil is to identify the clay content and the "average expected range of movement… 2 7916 2 23059 Been in a similar position and we decided to let the builder go. Some of the PSA money goes to engineering so we at least got those documents and they actually refunded us… 2 4560 |