Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 2Feb 25, 2020 6:35 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 4Feb 25, 2020 6:49 pm Yes you do have legal recourse Do you know if it was the concretor.. do you have photos of your build? The action will be against the Builder, who must provide suitable Supervision during the Build.. (no buck passing) Also lodge a complaint against the Builder with WA Building Commission BTW photos also help others Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 5Feb 25, 2020 10:25 pm StructuralBIMGuy Yes you do have legal recourse Do you know if it was the concretor.. do you have photos of your build? The action will be against the Builder, who must provide suitable Supervision during the Build.. (no buck passing) Also lodge a complaint against the Builder with WA Building Commission BTW photos also help others Cheers Chris Thanks again Chris. Highly appreciate your reply. I did a lot of communication with builder on email with photos. I don't have photos of driveway when it wasn't cracked. But the site survey plan' made by builder's surveyor mention on the plan that "Concrete driveway in good condition". And I think if the builder claims that the driveway concrete didn't had mesh and that's why it cracked then it would have been picked by surveyor while doing site survey. But it is my right to ask builder to hand me over the driveway in same condition as I handed over. I am thinking of lodging a complaint with Building commission WA after I get the keys to the home and I move over. I have attached a couple of photos with the message. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 6Feb 25, 2020 11:50 pm Hi Vikram. What council are you in and is the driveway on common property or your property. The usual process is to provide a service track (crushed concrete) to the property for use during construction and then install the driveway at the conclusion of the building process. Residential driveways are only designed to take up to 3T so the weight of construction vehicles (concrete truck and pumps plus deliveries) will usually destroy any existing driveways. I can't imagine any builder guaranteeing that they won't damage an existing driveway. They need to access the site with heavy equipment and there is no way that they have control over the quality of the existing driveway. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 7Feb 26, 2020 8:25 am Hi vikram3151981 Thanks for the photos, pity you didn't have the concrete slab/driveway inspected prior to the concrete pour the impending driveway damage would have been highlighted and the subcontractor and builders supervisors could have taken the required action to stop the damage occurring and addressed the material handling appropriately Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 8Feb 26, 2020 10:13 am Hi structuralBIMGuy and chippy Thanks for the reply guys. The council is City of Swan and the concrete driveway in good condition (without any cracks) was already there when I purchased the block. The site survey plan made by the builders surveyor also says so and is attached with this message. As driveway was already here I didn't got it inspected. The builder is homestart (BGC housing). I thought its a reputed name and people seemed professional at start thats why I didn't got into inspections. But I did got the build inspected at PCI by building inspector. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Will it be the best option now to ask builder to return the driveway in the same condition as it was handed over and if they don't do that then file a complaint with Building Commission. There is 1 more issue with the paved area in front of garage. They made it sloping towards the garage and soak well in midway somewhere. All the water instead of going into soak well will go into the garage. The supervisor said that they will make a soak close to the entry of garage and connect it to soak well so that water does not enter the garage. But looking at the plan I think its not made as per plan hence this problem arise. Can you guys comment something on this as well. Your help and valuable comments are highly appreciated. Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 9Mar 12, 2020 1:33 pm structuralBIMGuy chippy Thanks for the inputs guys. The builder did poured the concrete driveway again. Now there is another issue. When they lowered the soakwell to prevent rain/storm water flowing into garage and paved the area later, it has become a crater in front of garage. I have attached few pics as well. Kindly advice on this. 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It looks like it takes a dip down into the drain as it gets close. Maybe the pavers didn't want to remove all the dirt to get the grades right so have just worked with what is there. It certainly doesn't look that good although it's a little hard tell from the photos Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 11Mar 12, 2020 2:13 pm vikram3151981 Actually just looking at your plan the top of the drain should be 64mm below the height of the garage hardstand. If it's lower than this then they have installed it to low. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Cracks in concrete driveway 12Mar 12, 2020 2:27 pm Thanks for the reply Chippy I have already written to builder with the photographs but no reply yet. 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