Exterior walls built with a 4cm tilt

  • Erstellt am 2017-03-11 20:51:08

Sparstrumpf

2017-03-11 20:51:08
  • #1
Hello forum community,
we are currently very uncertain about our construction. Our shell builder has built an exterior wall slanted by about 4cm (from bottom to top). According to the construction manager, this would probably be harmless (structurally), but now the plasterer has to compensate for this mess at the expense of the shell builder. Since we are not experts, our question is whether this is actually okay and how the plasterer will compensate for it? Clearly, with more plaster on the one hand, but does he have to use any other additional aids?
 

11ant

2017-03-11 21:45:02
  • #2


for that, the bricklayer has a so-called plumb line and should have used it



that is illusory, that means 4 cm more plaster thickness (for example 6 instead of 2 cm), plaster is not a leveling filler!



unfortunately, it is forbidden to violently ram the site manager into the ground, but it would be statically unproblematic.

Leaving the mess as it is would still be statically "okay" (the center of gravity plumb still hits the base area, just google the Leaning Tower of Pisa).

But: "nip it in the bud!" – this sh** needs to be torn down and redone, but this time with a plumb line, and by a trained bricklayer. It was done by a senior Smurf of an apprenti(ce), or a drunkard. With the plumb line you can (and should) regularly check whether you are still working "straight."

I cannot assess the legal situation, and I don’t feel like googling DIN tolerances right now. But I would not have my "rest of the house" built on such sloppiness.

Fixing this with plaster to that extent is illusory. That would be the method of choice if you used the plumb line and noticed a half centimeter of lean after one eighth of the distance. But to first build the whole story up before checking whether it is plumb, I see as a quite clear sign of "this was either not a professional, or he was no longer sane" (I don’t want to talk about "sober" in the zero-promille sense on a construction site (keyword "illusory"))



he would have to reinforce this plaster thickness, but as I said: I clearly prefer the radical cure here. 4 cm, I’m laughing myself crooked ...
 

ypg

2017-03-11 21:50:17
  • #3
I also see no problem: a storey is built in one day - even with straight walls... so you hardly lose any time -> new!!! I also have no problem with pressuring the site manager

Tip: a visit during the masonry work might explain the reason for the disaster

Regards, Yvonne
 

11ant

2017-03-11 22:10:05
  • #4


Whether a plumb line is used can be seen, yes. But you can't tell a mason has one per mille more or less.
 

ypg

2017-03-11 22:43:07
  • #5


Do I look stupid?
There are other indications too – you have to look, and not into the bricklayer’s blue eyes. The OP will be aware of that as well.

Regards, Yvonne
 

Mycraft

2017-03-12 08:33:12
  • #6
4cm are not only not harmless but even more than concerning!
 

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