Heik0
2018-11-05 19:13:18
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Hello everyone,
I am new to this forum and a bit desperate today regarding our house construction. We are currently building a single-family bungalow with an architect and individual awarding of contracts. The base slab and masonry are being done by the same company. Today, the first outer row of bricks was placed on the base slab. It was then discovered that the 3 drain pipes from the guest WC (sink, toilet, shower) were all set 70cm too far to the left. The drains from the toilet and sink are now in the hallway, and the one from the shower is directly in front of the WC door. The architect says this is not such a big deal. For the sink and toilet pipes, they want to cut open the slab and move the pipes 70cm to the correct location (inside the slab). There is apparently some other solution for the shower. The architect says this is not a structural issue. It should be mentioned that we do not have strip foundations but a subsoil of 25cm foam glass gravel and then a 25cm load-bearing base slab with WU concrete. I am paying the architect also for service phase 8 (construction supervision), and yet something like this happens, that can't be right. He said when he looked at it, there was no formwork board for the slab at that spot yet, so he couldn't measure it when he was there. Of course, he measured everything else beforehand. What can and must I do now? Is it really that harmless? What rights do I have, what do I have to pay attention to so as not to make a formal error? Deficiency notification? Documentation? Demand new structural calculations? Do I have to accept it as it is? Why make a 25cm slab with steel if you can then easily remove parts of it again without concern?
Best regards
Heiko
I am new to this forum and a bit desperate today regarding our house construction. We are currently building a single-family bungalow with an architect and individual awarding of contracts. The base slab and masonry are being done by the same company. Today, the first outer row of bricks was placed on the base slab. It was then discovered that the 3 drain pipes from the guest WC (sink, toilet, shower) were all set 70cm too far to the left. The drains from the toilet and sink are now in the hallway, and the one from the shower is directly in front of the WC door. The architect says this is not such a big deal. For the sink and toilet pipes, they want to cut open the slab and move the pipes 70cm to the correct location (inside the slab). There is apparently some other solution for the shower. The architect says this is not a structural issue. It should be mentioned that we do not have strip foundations but a subsoil of 25cm foam glass gravel and then a 25cm load-bearing base slab with WU concrete. I am paying the architect also for service phase 8 (construction supervision), and yet something like this happens, that can't be right. He said when he looked at it, there was no formwork board for the slab at that spot yet, so he couldn't measure it when he was there. Of course, he measured everything else beforehand. What can and must I do now? Is it really that harmless? What rights do I have, what do I have to pay attention to so as not to make a formal error? Deficiency notification? Documentation? Demand new structural calculations? Do I have to accept it as it is? Why make a 25cm slab with steel if you can then easily remove parts of it again without concern?
Best regards
Heiko