Where can I find a company that drives piles?
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JimmyGreaves
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Can't answer your question but the contractor buldiing our house arranged the piles for ours, making him responsible for the overall structural integrity too, as long as Arch designed correctly.
Do you have a contractor building your house, can't he arrange for you ? Any possible future problems and they'll be blaming each other.
Sorry if this don't help much. If you're really stuck after a bit of searching PM and I'll get a number off my builder.
SJ
Do you have a contractor building your house, can't he arrange for you ? Any possible future problems and they'll be blaming each other.
Sorry if this don't help much. If you're really stuck after a bit of searching PM and I'll get a number off my builder.
SJ
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Alanthebuilder
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Hi the normally the people who work in the government planning know a bunch of Pile contractors, that’s were we’ve got info from before now cheers for now Alan.
I thought the OP meant the "Sigmunds " as well .If a professional has told them they need to pile then they should be able to supply a contractor .If several properties are involved then do all the pilings at the same time,works out a lot cheaper as they tend to price a large callout fee plus an amount per pile .Enough free building lessons for one day I'm off for a beer .
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malcolminthemiddle
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Hi Malc,
Can't really answer your questions as to what others do, but I am only talking about 2 storey or more. Our house Architect said not really 100% neccessary but advisable to play safe, he wasn't very decisive either way.
It was only 50k for a large'ish house, ie: a lot of piles, so we went for it to play safe.
I'd definately make the house builder contract pile company so overall structural responsibility is with house builder.
Personally I'd always pile a 2 storey unless you're there everyday watching whats going on.
Why ?
1) Arch drawings may show 1.5m deep footings but you've just built up the land with 1m of fresh soft earth, will builder bother to go down 1m+1.5m ? or just stick to drawing.
2) Builder might use cheap grade cement, bad poors with air traps, uses smaller size re-bar than drawing specifies to save money. If you're not there you can't see.
3) Builder doesn't compact earth properly under padstone that footing sits on, under-sezed re-bar in padstone ?
Blah Blah.
SJ
Can't really answer your questions as to what others do, but I am only talking about 2 storey or more. Our house Architect said not really 100% neccessary but advisable to play safe, he wasn't very decisive either way.
It was only 50k for a large'ish house, ie: a lot of piles, so we went for it to play safe.
I'd definately make the house builder contract pile company so overall structural responsibility is with house builder.
Personally I'd always pile a 2 storey unless you're there everyday watching whats going on.
Why ?
1) Arch drawings may show 1.5m deep footings but you've just built up the land with 1m of fresh soft earth, will builder bother to go down 1m+1.5m ? or just stick to drawing.
2) Builder might use cheap grade cement, bad poors with air traps, uses smaller size re-bar than drawing specifies to save money. If you're not there you can't see.
3) Builder doesn't compact earth properly under padstone that footing sits on, under-sezed re-bar in padstone ?
Blah Blah.
SJ
So right in everything you said Super Joe.
One of the biggest things that can cause major problems here is using cheap cement and a bad mix and not vibrating it to get the air bubbles out. I watched my house being built every day like a full time job from ground breaking until the final coat of paint except for a month I had to go back to the states.
I made sure they vibrated the cement in the foundation, floor, posts, and beams. The driveway was poured while I was gone and it started cracking and breaking up within a few months from air trapped inside. I'm sure they took shortcuts and didn't vibrate the cement to settle it and get the air out.
You need to keep a close eye on the building and if you are unfamiliar with the process here, seek lots of advice or hire someone who is familiar with it (and doesn't work for the builder) to oversee the project unless you have complete confidence in your choice of builder.
One of the biggest things that can cause major problems here is using cheap cement and a bad mix and not vibrating it to get the air bubbles out. I watched my house being built every day like a full time job from ground breaking until the final coat of paint except for a month I had to go back to the states.
I made sure they vibrated the cement in the foundation, floor, posts, and beams. The driveway was poured while I was gone and it started cracking and breaking up within a few months from air trapped inside. I'm sure they took shortcuts and didn't vibrate the cement to settle it and get the air out.
You need to keep a close eye on the building and if you are unfamiliar with the process here, seek lots of advice or hire someone who is familiar with it (and doesn't work for the builder) to oversee the project unless you have complete confidence in your choice of builder.