Our senior structural engineer, Patrick Mazoudier, delivered an internal training session for our engineers at Cornell Engineers on articulation joints this morning and we're making it freely available on our…

Hi ctvu
It is certainly more complicated and more susceptible to gapping.
Here's what I found online:
http://www.paradise-timbers.com.au/pdf/ ... cedure.pdf
Matt Cornell

How about picking out some of the old ones and mixing them in with the new ones and vice versa?
Matt

This might help. It's an extract from the previous version of AS3700 regarding mortar joints but I doubt it changed in the most recent version. Bluff and say it's current!

Try these guys:
http://www.resbuild.com.au/
But that isn't a lot of money for an extension. You might be able to do a nice renovation though?
http://www.clairestevensid.com.au/
Regards
Matt

I'll take a bet both ways.
If the cavity is filled with mortar, I don't think brick ties will be required but I'd be concerned the steel could corrode unless you…

Hi LittleSuzi
I'm guessing your slab is a waffle slab with brick veneer walls? If I'm wrong let me know. According to AS2870 (the 'book' of standard waffle slab designs),…

Perhaps a carpenter to do some rafters, a beam and posts onto a concrete footings.
Maybe find someone on this site:
http://www.homeone.com.au/pergolas
Matt

I'll have a crack.
Try this:
http://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/sites/defaul ... uide_0.pdf
76 pages - must be something for you?
Matt Cornell

Hi buzurk
If the pods and reinforcement are in (and I presume the formwork is in too), then it IS too late to upgrade an "M" class waffle slab to a…

This wouldn't be the first time a polished concrete slab has had cracks in it. What did your contractor say?
Matt

Do you have any other photos? I can't understand why the abelflex (the foam) is there.
Matt

Oh I saw those solar powered units at the home show. They looked fantastic.

In theory it should rule out you using a waffle slab if your house is brick veneer. There is no off the shelf waffle slab design for H2 and H2-D.
Matt

Sounds funny. M-D is a soil classification in areas of deep seated movement - ie extremes in seasonal moisture. It has nothing to do with flood risk. Ask your soil…

Hi Dale
We got a plumber to put whirlybirds into a house we owned in Mackay. They were fantastic and the plumber told me they were cyclone rated. I'm an engineer…

Hi Frangi
I think the easiest way to get the house you want is with photos. Sites like Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ let you save the photos you like…

Hi waxinggibbous
150kPa is stiff soil that is hard to indent with thumb pressure. You've gone to the expense of getting an engineer to design your structure - for only a…

Hi Sands_13
We had our fridge plumbed in when we got s similar water and ice dispensing beast. We have a shut off valve and an adapter for the thin white…

Good luck Josh. There are some fantastic Brisbanites on here with plenty of experience. Hope the reno is a success!
Matt Cornell

Hi Insider
Fair point about not getting peoples' hopes up. I learnt my trade from the engineers in Toowoomba where they have heavy black soil and fixing heave cases in Emerald…

Hi Insider
I use a water level and record floor levels throughout a house at approx 6 to 12 monthly intervals after site conditions have been improved or a cut-off trench…

Hi Eden
I've seen a lot of ground movement in houses, but normally it appears as gaps under walls, at tops of walls or diagonal cracks in walls - mostly emanating…

The answer is "Disclaimers".
Waffle slabs are definitely in AS2870 - the Australian standard for residential footings and slabs for sites right up to H2-D. In AS2870 and various CSIRO…

I would be concerned too. It won't hurt to take matters into your own hands. Get a 20kg bag of quick set concrete from Bunnings, wet it up to the…

Hi Guys
The problem you're facing with slab heave in Melbourne isn't new to Melbourne, Victoria or Australia. It's been faced before and it'll happen again after all the attention dies…