Browse Forums General Discussion Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 6Oct 16, 2011 10:43 pm Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 10Oct 17, 2011 8:54 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 11Oct 17, 2011 9:14 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 13Oct 17, 2011 9:51 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 15Oct 17, 2011 10:16 am Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 19Oct 17, 2011 11:57 am I found the following in my contract - you might want to check if you have something similar in yours. First, in the generic section for construction of brick veneer homes: Quote: 28. SITE CLEAN 28.2 Earth (Soil) to be graded away from the perimiter of building to avoid water ponding against building Additionally, the soil test stated this (my emphasis): Quote: * Surface site drainage is generally poor. It is recommended that an agricultural drain or similar be installed prior to commencement of construction along base of cut or around the high sides of building, and connected to a legal point of discharge. Do you think my builder did this? Of course not - they left the house with water ponding on nearly every side, and said "You're supposed to fix it with landscaping". If we were supposed to fix it with landscaping, how did they handle drainage during the 9 months that the house was being built? They didn't. You can ask your builder how they prevented water getting under the slab during construction. Guess what else my builder told me - they said that it's actually no problem at all for water to pond against the house and sink into the clay underneath. They said it wouldn't cause any problem with the foundations. Never believe what the builder tells you - all they want to do is avoid any extra work and get onto the next house. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: 3 Year old slab moving, now blamed on Landscaping 20Oct 17, 2011 12:15 pm Adam.M “Wannabes” is such a harsh label IMHFO. I would like to think “people with either experience or just an opinion” is a better term. Have you heard of the saying “The difference between a smart person and a genius, smart person learns from their mistake, genius learns off a smart persons mistakes”. Under no circumstances should opinions or even fact should be taken as gospel and professional opinions should be rendered. But then again I have received professional opinion on housing matters that have been as equally as inadequate. wanna be's in the sense we are not paid professional. I put my self in that basket as well dont worry. Your house roof does not show rusting other than some surface rust on the flashings. In my opinion you dont need to replace or paint the roof other than treat surface rust… 1 10209 Hello everyone, I have a question regarding moving a chandelier after it has been mounted. The chandelier in question is quite large, measuring 4 meters… 0 72337 9 24795 |