Access to my new double garage slab - Help required please !

[atone13]

The DPM was at my insistence. He was very reluctant over that and the steel mesh.
I live in Berkshire. It was the Manufacturer's Local agent who recommended him to me . He was No.2 on their list of local base layers.
I contacted No.1 on the list originally but he was bogged down with existing jobs due to the exceptionally wet weather and could not take on the work to fit in with the arrival of the paviours on 28/4/2014.
The Landscape concreter's parting shot was, " I know you are worried about the garage base but if you had my experience of laying bases, you wouldn't be. It will be fine."

[DNgroundworks]

I dont know what anyone else thinks but is it not worth getting that agent to come and have a look? What do you guys reckon?

[msh paving]

If that's his best, he should give up, he has very little idea how to correctly do the job to any standard.Tell the garage co. about his workmanship and maybe he will be removed from there list of approved contractors. MSH

[r896neo]

I really feel for you atone.

This guy is clearly someone at the garage companies mate. I'd be surprised if he has done any before it shows so many signs of not thinking ahead that a novice would encounter.


1. Not even considering the levels and setting out.

2. Putting soil/subsoil in to bring up the level he forgot to check.

3. Mixing by hand rings major alarm bells plus the massive pile of left over ballast shows he had no idea how much he needed.

4. obviously running out of time mixing on site and then pretending he meant to do that. (No one in there right mind would pour it in 2 layers a day apart.)

Simply put he can not have possibly done that kind of work for any length of time unless he is just a total cowboy and knows he is ripping people off.

I thoroughly agree you should get someone from the garage company out and give them both barrels. I would offer the guy a chance to come back and re-do it to a written spec or take him to small claims court.

You must get that bank of earth sorted before the garage goes up or it will be twice as difficult and therefore much more expensive.

[GB_Groundworks]

works out at 5m3 at 150mm so hed have needed to use 1.35 tons of cement for a c35 mix so thats 55 bags of cement

im better under a load test you;ll be looking at something like a c15 mix if you are lucky, its gonna crack first big vehicle that goes on it,

im bet there was no crack control joint be it in the shape of a crack former or a contraction cut after it was finished? not to mention whether he cured the concrete be it with a curing compound or covered it during setting

[lutonlagerlout]

TBh guys we can all slate this eejit till the cows come home but atone has a base and has to live with it
the chances of it being ripped out and done right and short and zero, and short is outta town

a good client of mine rang today to ask about some roof repairs and plumbing work

I went to see him after work and OMFG some loon has *laid* a patio if i could call it that

50mm below dpc check
pointed with what looked like brushed in grit sand and cement check
no drainage check
pisspoor brick detail check
stevie wonder doing cuts check
sleeper retainers check

i asked him was it a landscaper?

he said yes and i got in the motor and went home

no doubt the landscaper did it cheap because it was winter or summat but what a waste of money
LLL