Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 2Jan 26, 2018 11:28 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 path around house. Use of expansion joints? 3Jan 27, 2018 4:23 pm Building with Long Island Homes 23sq custom build 2017 Re: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 5Jan 27, 2018 6:10 pm Building with Long Island Homes 23sq custom build 2017 Re: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 6Jan 27, 2018 6:11 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 path around house. Use of expansion joints? 7Jan 27, 2018 6:19 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 path around house. Use of expansion joints? 9Feb 02, 2018 12:46 pm Building with Long Island Homes 23sq custom build 2017 Re: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 10Feb 02, 2018 2:07 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 path around house. Use of expansion joints? 11Feb 02, 2018 2:56 pm Building with Long Island Homes 23sq custom build 2017 Re: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 13Feb 02, 2018 4:11 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 path around house. Use of expansion joints? 14Feb 26, 2018 11:47 am Good answer from SaveH2O but what you see now are symptoms of underlying condition and builder's non compliance. Once your builder has finished then ground levels around your dwelling should have been 2 bricks(150mm) below bottom of the weep hole (location of your DPC) and graded away from dwelling 50mm in the first metre. Your concrertor then could have finished your paving by constructing it on top (without even putting brain in the gear) and it would have complied. Instead he just put paving on top of what he found (without thinking and probably without knowing) and it is now non-compliant. It seems no one checked your builder's work and your builder has saved the cost of taking additional load of surplus soil from the site. If you had spent around $ 600 on a competent pre final inspection you could have avoided your problems, and probably have some more problems picked up that you don't know you have. Instead you saved $600 Don't forget that doing the concrete with your own contractor makes you a second builder on the job. You might be giving the first builder free kick when warranty items appear (especially if you start having foundation problems). Yes there are plenty of shonks about but who are they? 1 First builder is a shonk because of defective ground levels 2 Concreter is a shonk because he should have known his levels and grades even if the builder didn't 3 Second builder is a shonk because no one checked concerters preparations (grades and levels) before concrete was poured. I am saying all this not because I want to be disrespectful but because I have seen this so many times that the point has to be made brutally so that the message sticks. The message is: Your home is your investment and you need to get professional help to protect your investment. If you are doing extra work, there may be risks you are not aware of, get professional help. 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: Concrete path around house. Use of expansion joints? 15Mar 09, 2018 11:52 am Totally agree about getting an independent professional inspection however it’s no guarantee that the building company will listen. I’m there at the moment looking at fair trading or even considering media that deal in exposing these “professional” builders. Did our research before choosing a company and went with a “reputable” company. It seems their just good at publicity not construction. And customer service is non exsistant. Re: Concrete path around house. 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