We spent the morning knocking about with a sledge hammer to test for the resistance of the slabs and also checking for any space under them.
The results were not comforting. It seems that 75% of the slabs are either week or sitting on air. Monday with and engineer we’ll try and understand the true extent of the problem and its possible solution.
It seems to me at the moment that there are 2 main options. Take all the slabs away and fill properly casting then a slab on what would be a stable ground. Or creating columns and beams on which we would then cast our new slab, this one not ground bearing thus not being exposed to any problems of terrain settlements.
In the mean time we are proceeding with work on other sectors of the building in order not to slow down too much the site.
The results were not comforting. It seems that 75% of the slabs are either week or sitting on air. Monday with and engineer we’ll try and understand the true extent of the problem and its possible solution.
It seems to me at the moment that there are 2 main options. Take all the slabs away and fill properly casting then a slab on what would be a stable ground. Or creating columns and beams on which we would then cast our new slab, this one not ground bearing thus not being exposed to any problems of terrain settlements.
In the mean time we are proceeding with work on other sectors of the building in order not to slow down too much the site.
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