Is this slab normal?

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  1. Westminster

    Westminster Tigress at Tiger Developments Business Member

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    Pretty neat brickwork. It's been awhile since I've seen facebricks - I've been using fastwalls and render for awhile so its good to see some nice neat mortar lines.
     
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    It's in WA..... Wait Awhile! Lol ;)
     
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    Brickwork does look neat, who puts in the windows?

    So the top floor is concrete? Then more brick walls on top??:eek:
    Bricks are an expensive addiction!
    Is the conc floor engineered? And all lintels? Or can lintels go in off span tables?

    Roof colourbond? Or tile?
     
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    The floor for the second storey is some kind of spanning system with a layer of concrete poured on top. I will look up the name this evening. Then bricks and tile.

    A Glazier will install glass at the end.
     
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    Why so long between slab and bricks? 4 months was it?
    I Do like those bricks.
     
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    A very long pre-start is the reason. They were slow and we were slow. We asked the builder to pour the slab so it would have time to cure properly. But we didn't expect pre-start to take that long.
     
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    12 months is ridiculous.

    A slab only needs 14 days to get >90% compressor strength. Ready to be stripped and back-propped @ 7 days. Can be loaded for bricks but not point loads with minimal deflection.

    Scaffolding and brick hoist etc ensures that you aren't paying holding costs for a prolonged period.

    @Westminster - I noticed the peeps were pretty neat (I ran a rule over it to check;))
     
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  8. Westminster

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    Sounds like the Floortech floor. It can be handy with the joists below for running plumbing, recessed lights, even air con ducting if need be.

    9-12mths is about average for a double storey brick house here simply due to the curing and huge number of trades that need to be lined up - not like a framed house that has a carpenter do most of it. They won't render and white set the walls until both floors are done, all plumbing/electrical needs to be brick sawn into the bricks etc etc
     
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    Progress! Looks good.

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    I'm really happy with the way the stairs have turned out.

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    I need to find some time to post some update pics. But... we are at lockup. The quality of the build is excellent so far (apart from the ground floor slab edges). Happy days! Tagging whoever I can remember who is following: @Westminster, @Leo2413, @vbplease, @bob shovel , @Jess Peletier
     
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    Nice going @Perthguy. Looking forward to some updated pics when the interiors are fitted out. I like the shiny stuff :D
     
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    Now we are at lockup I can give an answer to this. I did look at each stage and I did nit pick. Got the site supervisor on side and he is encouraging us to keep emailing every little thing we see. Doing this we have picked up a couple of things early that got resolved at the right time. Initially had a couple of problems with the pre-start consultant not liking being emailed with issues but the site supervisor talked her around so she is on board too.

    The end result of our nit picking has been that the builder has sent the A teams to do all the work. We said we wanted a good job, not a fast job. So, the job looks high quality to me but isn't taking longer than any other build. Win/win.

    This is true but trades make mistakes. The important part about having a good relationship with a site supervisor is picking up issues early before they become a problem. This has been working well for us so far.
     
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    Old photos. We are now at lockup.

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    Storage, storage, storage! These actually look well built for the price point. I have seen a lot worse in the area.

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  18. Perthguy

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    @ellejay this is the build I was telling you about
     
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    so much brick.....
     
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    That's double brick, mate. The internal walls have a coat of cement render applied (if you scroll up, that's the grey) then over that is a skim coat of whiteset plaster, which is a mix of plaster and lime putty which is then trowled off a number of times until it is flat, smooth and hard. It's expensive, labor intensive and time consuming to build out of double brick but the house has a solid feel that you don't get with a timber frame construction. That said, it's not particularly thermally efficient, so these places can heat up like an oven on a hot day.

    The external brickwork is very neat though. I really love nice brickwork. :)
     
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