I'm ahead of you there i did try to arrange just that but was told not to make WAVES, and was refused the request. I believe its was an attempt to keep the prep requirements to the same standards as the had always had to keep confrontations between himself and the builders he was trying to keep...
Thanks for all of your input, i agree with what is written, as far as a raised floor it seems builders in this area refuse to do so. as far as the earlier reply saying he wouldn't be that concerned with the piping in the slab, some runs are 20' long and if they aren't supported by compacted fill...
I have a foundation that is 48-64"s tall 8x8x16 block, then filled with sand clay(would it matter if it is pure sand?) that is literally just dumped in the foundation and smoothed out with small bob cat tractor(no machine tamping done) and a 4" slab poured on top, is it possible that...
I work in a jurisdiction that has been struggling with the construction of trey ceilings. We are using dble 2x10's to create two main beams wall to wall and hanging dble 2x10's inside of those on hangers to create the main box of the trey, then nailing 2x4's at an angle up to a smaller box above...
Thanks Trussdoc but i do not feel i need to be commended i was not able to over rule the building official on this occasion the whole situation was literally handled over the phone, and my concerns were not acknowledged as being valid, so builder 1 future owner 0, its amazes me how many...
Is it possible to design a footing on a filled lot that used to be a creek bed but was diverted to be able to fill the area and build houses there, without having soil tests done, a local engineer has done this and i was curious if this was common, a lot up the street was tested about 3yrs ago...
Thanks Austin you were correct in your interpretation of my post. There were several areas that were corrected in this manor a couple were only in strips of 15' long -2"s wide at one ended up 4"s and 12"s deep, 4"s in the same lenght to 6"s to the worst 6"s on one...
In the area i'm in a great deal of slabs are being used instead of crawlspaces, some as high as 7' which i consider a problem waiting to happen,but the average height is around 3', i don't believe you should be allowed to build up a foundation full of fill for a slab that high, especially the...
A slab was poured and was a good bit out of square, at one point it went from 6"s to about 10"s the concrete ment dug down beside the monolithic slab 12" deep and as wide as they needed to resquare the slab, the new concrete was not tied to the existing slab, my question is was it...
To expand on this conversation, i've recently went to an inspection where an object could be inserted a minimun 2-1/4"s into the 1/8 to 3/16" crack of slab and there was some vertical displacement about 1/16" or more, how do you know when this would be a structural problem and...
