Digging up an old thread, but...
What do you do if you have limestone 600mm or less below your surface and you have a cottage block?
Were trying to get soakwells in,…

Yeh turns out that they dont put in a physical barrier anymore just the dampco stuff.
Would of been nice for the SS to tell me rather than just saying no.…

I rang the SS, he started talking about the water proof render they put on the slab. Then when i explained what it was he said they dont do it.…

Yeh i rang the SS but he didnt answer. Will try again in the morning.
Worst thing is were going on a holiday for 2 weeks tomorrow! I knew we should…

No, not at all.
How do you not build a damp proof course in. I thought it may have been an old technique or something but research tells me otherwise.
I cant…

I did some research.
http://www.thinkbrick.com.au/shadomx/ap ... 72B4C15E40
Not happy jan.

Come to think of it, there is no flashing anywhere.
This is so stressful!

Hi all,
Were building a double brick house in Perth, theyre currently putting the walls up and i noticed that they have not used flashing between the outer and inner walls.
However…

Ok so all ended up being ok.
Someone came to check it out, thanks Ivan!
I chipped some slab away at the rear and the plastic sheeting was there, just hiding. Thank…

Very interesting!
I am wondering how you would go about heating your house, considering it is made entirely from wood. Is there any fire risks?
With the floor, will you be using…

Thanks.

Bricks are being delivered today so will see it cracks up, also have a meeting with the SS on wednesday.
Yeh i know, there is no way to prove if they…

Anyone know any good building inspectors north of the river in Perth???

The rio was sitting on the plastic, is there any where i can find info on building codes or standards for slabs?

The crack, it extends for 6.6m across the slab.
http://www.mypicturehost.com/show.php/57041_cracks.jpg.html
The bedroom where no plastic was put down.
http://www.mypicturehost.com/show.php/57042_padnoplastic.JPG.html
The living room where plastic was put down after the footings were put in. The…

Check with your states consumer watchdog and ask if its legal. Im pretty sure they can only increase the cost of provisional sums. But if the price is increased by…

Yeh the plastic under the slab.
I just read on another topic its to stop the rio rusting away, that doesnt sound good!

Thanks for the replies peoples.
I rung the supervisor and asked him what was going on. He said it is ok to drive on it as was only a small loader.…

We had our slab down 2 days ago (Monday) and today (Wednesday) I go to look and a backhoe has been there and driven over it to put some more…

The salespeople are great but they dont build your house.