Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Waffle Slab Edge Beam. 2Jun 24, 2019 10:37 am Thejones88 As we slowly go through all the issues with our house we seem to come across more and more problems, like a building lasagna. OT, That's how they teach 1st year engineering student how to design, analyse and build Structures BTW, The calculations are fairly accurate, then they test to destruction....Not recommended for real projects Tho Lasagna Bridge Structure Thejones88 Looking through all the photos it appears and please tell me if I am wrong but for the brick work there should be a typical edge beam of 150mm all the way around the house. Of course not in certain areas but if the concreter didn't do an edge beam what is the brick sitting on? Correct, Load bearing walls require edge thickening or edge beams Check your Engineering Drawings/Details...hope your photos match with what is Certified? Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Waffle Slab Edge Beam. 3Sep 05, 2020 4:17 pm I know it's been a few months but we have had so many ongoing issues with the house it's at the point we need a structural engineer to come in and do new soil tests, bore log and it appears our slab was poured too thin. Good times. Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 12953 The distance between my DEBs varies from 4.1m at the narrowest to 8.1m at the widest. 5 27383 |