Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 2Jun 26, 2011 9:38 pm Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 8Jun 27, 2011 8:55 pm Did a google! found this as part of someones thread about superstitions - There is also belief that the owner should throw coins in every footing of the house making the owner shouldn't struggling in their home finances. Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 11Jun 28, 2011 11:48 am ~steph~ We are having the first part of our slab poured on Tuesday or Wednesday ( ) and a few people have mentioned the tradition/superstition of putting a few coins in the slab. Is there a particular corner they should go in? an amount? Stupid I know but I don't want to get that one wrong Hi Steph, We threw a few gold coins in before they poured our slab after reading about it on Homeone, I thought it was a good thing (cant hurt) and we had a pretty stressfree build and moved in within 5 months, so worth the 2 x $1 coins Just throw them in anywhere, my DD and I stood at the front and just threw it over our shoulders without looking, we did however place one near the front door. Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 12Jun 28, 2011 1:14 pm Thousands of years hence, archaeologists will have a nice surprise. Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 13Jun 28, 2011 1:18 pm melbourne architect Thousands of years hence, archaeologists will have a nice surprise. Exactly melb archi, I watched the Block last night and when one of the couples ripped up the carpet in one of those houses they found old newspaper that had been laid, who knows when and they mentioned they were going to keep it and frame them and use it in the interior decorating. The coins may be found 100 years from now and who knows what the finders will do with them. Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 14Jun 28, 2011 1:37 pm A Jewish superstition... "Kill a bat with a "randel" (gold coin) and put the bat under the threshold, and your house will be lucky" I'm not an overly superstitious person, but we threw a gold coin under where the threshold would be, just for a bit of luck Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 15Jun 28, 2011 1:54 pm just Erin A Jewish superstition... "Kill a bat with a "randel" (gold coin) and put the bat under the threshold, and your house will be lucky" I'm not an overly superstitious person, but we threw a gold coin under where the threshold would be, just for a bit of luck I knew someone would know how this tradition started, we've just forgotton the bat bit Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 16Jul 03, 2011 9:01 am ~steph~ We are having the first part of our slab poured on Tuesday or Wednesday ( ) and a few people have mentioned the tradition/superstition of putting a few coins in the slab. Is there a particular corner they should go in? an amount? Stupid I know but I don't want to get that one wrong My father in law was an old school builder, his belief was that if you put any amount of coins in your slab then theoreticly while you own the property you will never be broke (because you have money in your slab) Re: Tradition/superstition of coins in a concrete slab 17Jul 06, 2011 10:37 am Was there much of a market for building old schools? Homestead Homes SA: The Lamont Bayswood Estate; Aldinga Beach Preliminary Signing: April 2010 Floorplans: 13 June 2010 Building Contract: 19 June 2010 Selections: 28 Sept 2010 Scraped; Trenching: 21 Jan 2011 Slab Poured: 28 Jan 2011 Framing: 17 Feb 2011 | Completed 24 Feb 2011 Roof & Gutters: 02 Mar 2011 Bricks: 03 Mar 2011 Wire-up: 12 Mar 2011 The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5152 yep, clearly mark where the infloor heating pipes are before drilling or nailing 1 6057 Building Standards; Getting It Right! is this for a residential dwelling or a shed? If its for a dwelling, its out of tolerance and a "mistakes happen" isnt a good enough excuse to just move on. 1 2420 |