Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Jul 19, 2011 6:47 pm Cassie 28/7/11 - Slabbed 15/8/11 - Framed 19/9/11 - LOCKED UP! 6/10/11 - Kitchen in! 11/11/11 - It's all OURS! Pg 12 Follow our build: The Noodle Family - Preston in the Hills Re: Calling all concrete/foundation experts! 4Jul 19, 2011 10:31 pm Cassie 28/7/11 - Slabbed 15/8/11 - Framed 19/9/11 - LOCKED UP! 6/10/11 - Kitchen in! 11/11/11 - It's all OURS! Pg 12 Follow our build: The Noodle Family - Preston in the Hills Re: Calling all concrete/foundation experts! 6Jul 20, 2011 8:39 am HillsCass B STAR ideally before being poured the trenches need to be solid, and have no give when you walk over it. Personally i would leave it up to them. Also engineers dont like to get dirty. I am pretty sure the issues are obvious with out getting to close. So based on that, it's safe for me to assume that at least in the Hills there are NO slabs being poured at all at the moment? As the weather has been universal? And for safety of the slab, would there be a paper report from the engineer to refer to? I just have been misled already (fairly obviously), so I actually need proof that the investigation is real. Also, does that reflect on the contractor cutting the trenches in the rain, when they knew full well thanks to a very accurate forecast, that more rain was due over the next few days? I am not too sure how the soil is over there. However here the top layer can be soft. However when excavated the trenches can still be hard on the bottom. So its not entirely a problem. You obviously can't have pooled water in them before you poor. My neighbor had been rained on after the trenches were finished and the surveyor made him dig the sides of the trench and also the bottoms before pouring. Re: Calling all concrete/foundation experts! 7Jul 20, 2011 9:04 pm B STAR, are you saying that there should be no water in the black plastic which lines the trenches and the slab area when the concrete is poured? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Calling all concrete/foundation experts! 8Jul 20, 2011 9:25 pm Personally I would be more concerned if there was water underneath the plastic, creating soft ground. I am not sure how much water is exceptable, above the plastic. I guess it would have to be minimal and not large puddles. Re: Calling all concrete/foundation experts! 9Jul 20, 2011 9:35 pm Ok, fair enough ... although ... Oh hang on, aren't slabs (eg. waffles on some piers) supposed to be "suspended" and therefore don't rely on the ground to hold them? What would happen to a slab if the ground is soft?? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... I totally agree with everything you have written. Thanks again for your always excellent input and advice. I really enjoy reading your posts cheers Simeon 1 3347 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 6219 |