Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 2Feb 17, 2021 10:47 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 4Feb 17, 2021 11:29 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 6Feb 17, 2021 12:13 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 8Feb 17, 2021 1:23 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 12Nov 16, 2021 2:40 pm Hi i may be bit late trying to help but your expert engineer is right,ive had the same but a lot more complex my slab actually spilt in 2 place we took it to vcat we knew we had the evidance we nedded unfortunately we got a lawyer that was in it for the money i thought boy was i wrong he was actually passing information onto the builder he was told to make our case go away, accoring to our files after we parted ways there was a lot charges but no proof from the barrister. Anyway our story is bit long but ill say this what ever a engineer disgns plans they have a hand shake with builder i can only speak for myself but if there's any indication looks like all volume builders do the same crap with slab heave there is no fix once your reo has been bent with heave there is no fix for it, piers are over used for the wrong reason, piers are great if you have large trees or had trees removed that piers will help that is to stop sourounding soil from shrinking affects so piers are just in place to hold ylur slab up. But if you have water getting into your soil or clay your soil will swell 3times that causes your slab heave to heave piers will not do anything unlessthey are tied into the top slab, so as it standsid take the word of your expert engineer if your not sure hire another expert engineer for a second opinion bare in mind more experts you have mofe confusing it gets for yourself trying to understand the legal side of things, our lawyer is a ex builder turned lawyer what he did for us in 9 months our first lawyer connot achive in 5 years. And his rates are not to bad. If you need a lawyer that is honest and truthfull, his name is Mark Croft legal 1300366119 call him ask himthe question you need to ask. Let me know the outcome good luck Re: Slab heave/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 13Nov 16, 2021 9:43 pm What was your VCAT outcome? Did builder fix anything? 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/ slab design/ engineering questions..... 14Nov 16, 2021 10:42 pm Underpinning done and Agricultural pipe installed 800mm deep in to clay around the house, just waiting on the engineers report that we had done 12 on the after the works he did new floor levels, i know that underpinning part of the house it's going to allow the rest of the house to move they said it will work so I know the slab is still moving according to floor levels I've doing this long enough to understand to read floor level now. Soon as i get the report should this week or early next week I know what the answer will be he will not sign off on it since he was not the original engineer . I will give builder 2 choices and only 2 that is bulldoze and rebuild or buy us out at market value. Will see out come of report. Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31747 Thanks for all replies. I just noticed now the pictures I added to post right on top of page were wrong. I attached pictures showing "current" and my "suggested" floor… 9 14609 Although I am a big opponent of using waffle pod slabs over H2/P soils under any circumstances, in your case I would certainly opt in to keep piers under central… 1 2410 |