Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 12, 2018 8:12 am 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: Slab heave is alive and well, watch out. 6May 18, 2018 9:24 am 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: Slab heave is alive and well, watch out. 7May 18, 2018 9:41 am 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: Slab heave is alive and well, watch out. 18May 19, 2018 11:22 pm insider Most soil test reports will include a photo of the block taken by the technician doing the test. Compare your photo to the one taken by the soil testing company they may have tested the wrong block by mistake. Many a time have we confused photos with job numbers..... It happens. Thankfully, 99% of the time we get it right. But still does not hurt to check. Most soil testers are doing in excess of 500 sites a month and therefore, sometimes the old DSLR gets confused when uploading. We try and make a point of the guys taking a photo of the job number/file first and then the site. This means when they get back to the office to upload for the day they know when one job's photos stop and the other other one starts. Thankfully technology is helping, where we have cloud based servers uploading photos from site instantly. Regards Geo1 Re: Slab heave is alive and well, watch out. 19May 19, 2018 11:28 pm Mauromario Ha that's a good one we never got a photo with our soil report, I was not awere that they take photo of your block of land, our reports were not even stamped or checked by the RBS go figure that out. I know the builder has a lot to answer for but the geotechnical engineers are just as bad, for not being honest. Iam Victoria I hoped you guys are as well I know Geo1 is not but great help thank you at the moment Victoria is allowing all this to happen in the name of keeping the building Industry working but at what cost. I built my house in April 2010 and 8 years later my house still moves like a yoyo heave is so bad that it's pushing the roof tiles upwards lifting some of the tiles. Roof trusses have pulled apart exposing the 90mm nail in the frame work. I've had in total of 8 floor levels done in 12 months and levels are out by a lot, and very room has moved up and down, My airflow pipe for toilet and heater flu are so bent over its crazy. All I can say is in 3 years that I've been fighting this I have learned a lot and lawyers are cashing in on this as well so everyone makes money out of us poor consumer's its a real shame that people like this are not held accountable by the law, i really want to bring this out in the open when the time comes. I really appreciate the help I have received on this forum it shows me there is good honest people out there so thank you I'll keep you guys posted. Regards Hi Maruomario Based on what you have described, I am out of words to describe how VCAT would not take this case up. More then happy to put you in touch with some people that may be able to help in VIC if you personal message me. Can't guarantee anything but there is always no harm in asking especially from what you have described. Regards Geo1. Re: Slab heave is alive and well, watch out. 20May 20, 2018 3:49 am Hey guys iam going to show a little of my build during construction and you can see what issues i have today. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is June 2010. I have over 500 photos from start to finish plus another 700 photos from 2011 till now with tne propblems casused by this. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Trusses coming apart showing 90mm nails from frame and also sign of water under roof tiles this from 2017 thats just one photo. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Have a look at big long crack next to plate of handle of shutters and plaster been streached so much that the tear has a line across and had to cover this with clear contact as well, on the right hand side of photo big hole in plaster i had to cover it with clear contact to stop bugs from getting in, this photo from 2017. This wall i can move it with my hand if i push on it, its come off the slab nothing holding it in place totally buckled wall . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I forgot this photo from June 2010 looking from bedroom window water all around the house, plus they had removed the rear side fence to get access to next door to bring bricks and other materials with a bobcat now this is driving on top of new waffle slab still very fresh from garage entrance i have a rear door as well. I have much more. And as i said now i have a slab which was disigned for so called M site soil i think this should it have changed to a P before the build since the drought broke late 2009 early 2010 it rained every day. It was wet like this all of the 8.5 months of building. I really thought to my self dam has not rained in 15 years now that iam building its raining every day. I would love to hear from you guys on any feedback would be great. I think this is all i can share for now this is me been angry with the system that helps builders get away with distroying people lifes. It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9454 Finally got the Soakwell at my house sucked out. Now I’m looking for ideas on how to hide it as it’s a bit of an eye sore. I’m thinking I’d like to turf over the… 0 4142 Firstly the ableflex that has been installed needs (manufactures specification) a sealant cap over the top, preventing water draining down between the slab and the… 3 8104 |