Recent content by Massive Overkill

My ordeal: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43451 I'm glad I had my whole slab repoured. Listen to the tapping in my videos.

Don't know if I'm boring you guys, but the slab has been removed; stemwall looks unharmed:

Engineering results came back which showed parts of the slab OK, other parts were not (pretty obvious huh?). Construction manager said he didn't want to take any chances and is going to have the slab completely torn up, despite the engineering results showing that it can be partially...

My sig. other is cursing you guys right now, but she understands and I really appreciate all the help. I pretty much want to go with Georgia and Slicktop's recommendations and either bulldoze the entire site, recompact, and rebuild, or go with another site. This house is the first in the...

The problem wasn't with the mix but with ground conditions when the pour was done. Thanks for the link. I've talked to my sales lady. They are going to do whatever it takes to make me happy. That includes building a new house on the more expensive lot at the same price ($40k premium...

The walls are supported by the seperately-poured stemwall (I'm a noob at construction terminology, sorry). Wasn't too sure if when they break up the slab if it would have bonded to the stemwall and possibly damage it in the process. Here's what we're working with for access:

Thanks guys, I've kept a calm head throughout the discussions and early indications are they want to make me happy. What about my previous question (I edited my last post): "Also, now that the walls are up, are they going to have to come down to re-pour the slab? Is there any risk to damaging...

Yep, but do you think my latest video adds fuel to the fire or doesn't prove anything at all? I'm trying to gather as much valid ammunition as possible. Also, now that the walls are up, are they going to have to come down to re-pour the slab? Is there any risk to damaging the stem wall if the...

Slicktoptt, thanks for the info. Let me know if you guys agree with me, listen to the echo off the walls:

I would rather not say who the builder is until there's a resolution. Construction manager called me, but the call was very brief. I'm going to talk to my salesperson and re touch face with code enforcement. Sending you a PM.

Thanks for all the help guys, especially Georgia. Construction supervisor hasn't called me yet (supposed to call me today).

As soon as I get the report I'll post it here. From what I've seen of the other houses, the construction quality has been good, I just think a bad judement call was made on mine. I'm going to see if they'll build me on another lot at their cost or re-do the whole slab. One thing is for sure...

Quote from code inspector after I asked him about it: "Yes we do get a compaction report before we approve the slab to be poured." If they pump under the slab, how do they keep the vapor barrier intact? Should I also be pointing fingers at code inspection for letting this happen? Oh yeah...

The walls are already up but second floor framing hasn't been done due to the stop-work order. I feel like telling them sell this house to someone else and build me another one on another lot. Does anyone know if there is some sort of ultrasonic test or some other test to determine if there...

I take it you're in the business/contractor and this is a professional opinion. What ammunition (other than the video) can I take with me to validate that the whole slab needs to be repoured. Obviously it would have to be proven that the rest of the slab is at risk.