Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 5May 10, 2019 10:30 am Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 12May 13, 2019 2:27 pm Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 16May 17, 2019 10:03 am Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 18May 17, 2019 5:51 pm Engineer You should be able to put a tape measure down the piles and confirm they all go to the correct depth - what depth is natural ground? From borehole logs from soil test report, one borehole data reports natural sand start around 1m mark. Other four boreholes data reports 30cm to 50cm deep from surface. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I managed to get the screw pile data logs as well. There are totally 48 screw piles all going same depth of 4m with apparently 2 helix design? All record same SWL and Nm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 19May 17, 2019 6:24 pm Macher Looks like we are in sync. Same day site start and today we had drains installed too. Slab pour scheduled next Thursday! Hi Macher, Oh that is great news! Yes our slab pour is scheduled on next Thursday as well..! I didn't see your build thread until now! Your's going to be really great house! Congrats!! Hoping both out slab pours go according to the plan! Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 20May 20, 2019 8:58 am Ramee Engineer You should be able to put a tape measure down the piles and confirm they all go to the correct depth - what depth is natural ground? From borehole logs from soil test report, one borehole data reports natural sand start around 1m mark. Other four boreholes data reports 30cm to 50cm deep from surface. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I managed to get the screw pile data logs as well. There are totally 48 screw piles all going same depth of 4m with apparently 2 helix design? All record same SWL and Nm. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks good - not sure how you get exactly the same reading on every pile at 4.0m as there will always be a bit of variation - but on the face of it - it looks good. Mark Armstrong BSc (Eng) MIEAust CPEng Development Manager http://www.katanafoundations.com.au http://www.polyvoid.com.au http://www.biax.com.au Congrats. Will be watching this progress and interested to see how you go with summit. 12 34745 Carlisle use to sneak a water resistant "Performance Solution" into their contracts. Have you checked your contract for same? 4 11395 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 5137 |