Our House

embi · Post by **embi** » 15 May 06 9:20 pm

is finally under construction...

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 15 May 06 9:30 pm

cool!

watch out for the neighbours - by the way the house looks on the left, they've got their stereo turned up to 11!

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 15 May 06 9:43 pm

Won't a polystyrene house blow away

Swampy · Post by **Swampy** » 15 May 06 10:00 pm

Bet the builders are cursing about the weird curves and angles in the foreground of the picture!

embi · Post by **embi** » 15 May 06 10:13 pm

Just found some pics online of what it will basically look like when finished.

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 15 May 06 10:29 pm

i remember when we built our house, standing there going my god the slab looks small. (They always look was smaller than what the house ends up)

Unlike yours which looks massive... how many sq m?

embi · Post by **embi** » 15 May 06 10:36 pm

The photo just looks bigger because of the way it was taken....

Its 29sq - I think thats around 220sq. m.

Here's a normal pic

Post by **caughtatwork** » 15 May 06 10:45 pm

If I place a plastic box inside the formwork would that be a difficulty 5?

crew 153 · Post by **crew 153** » 15 May 06 10:52 pm

caughtatwork wrote:If I place a plastic box inside the formwork would that be a difficulty 5?

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Is that the cache with the green lid next to the 4B?

Gunn Parker · Post by **Gunn Parker** » 15 May 06 11:14 pm

wow you guys build funny foundations over there

Post by **caughtatwork** » 15 May 06 11:16 pm

Reactive clay, probably requiring a H class slab.
Evil stuff

embi · Post by **embi** » 15 May 06 11:25 pm

Its called a waffle slab.

The Waffle Raft Slab System will save time and money on sites containing reactive soils, sand, rock and water tables. In addition, the Polystyrene Pod Systems are waterproof enabling work to be undertaken during wet weather conditions.

If · Post by If » 15 May 06 11:26 pm

That's a lot of effort for a cache container. Definitely a large cache.

Gunn Parker · Post by **Gunn Parker** » 16 May 06 12:49 am

caughtatwork wrote:Reactive clay,

Evil stuff

What the heck is that, does not sound good

embi · Post by **embi** » 16 May 06 8:39 am

Gunn Parker wrote:
caughtatwork wrote:Reactive clay,

Evil stuff
What the heck is that, does not sound good

The standard requires that all sites be classified basically as either -
Class A - Most sand & rock sites with little or no ground movement
Class S - Sites with slight ground movement.
Class M - Moderately reactive clay or silt sites which can experience moderate ground movement.
Class H - Highly reactive clay sites which can experience high ground movement.
Class E - Extremely reactive sites.
or Class P - Sites which include soft soils, landslips, collapsing soils and the like.

It just means the ground can move. Hence the waffles and specially designed slab to allow for that.