Floor plan planning shortly before submitting the building application

Our parapet height is still wrong, for example. But since the window including the roller shutter was already installed, the expert said that it doesn’t make sense to nitpick about a few centimeters now. That was okay for us.

That’s what I mean by pragmatic. There are certainly things like seals, etc., where no compromises are possible and they simply have to be done correctly. But there are also things where you don’t have to strictly follow the DIN standards right away. And a good expert can distinguish between these things. In my acquaintances’ case, the window would have been removed and corrected, which would certainly have caused much greater collateral damage.

Just like with the studded membrane, which is probably what the perimeter insulation is about now. You read this and that about it. Of course, you can quote the DIN standard and thereby provide an opinion amplifier. But whether that is worth the quarrel is the question. If the expert shows zero compromise, they'll hire a counter-expert; eventually, it's stop because too many issues escalate, and then it goes to court. What do you gain from that if experts behave like lawyers?

What do you gain if experts behave like lawyers?

The question is how the builder can tell, with a criticism, whether it is worth fighting through or not. Regarding the insulation, the expert said he was not joking about it and as soon as someone countered, the foil would be damaged and that is simply the reason why it has to be done differently.

The next question would be why hire an expert at all.

The expert is not a paragraph rider. For example, the electrician also asked if he could lay any cables next to a sewage pipe anyway against the DIN. He saw that, for example, as uncritical.

As an absolute layperson, I would not want to overlook errors that affect functionality. If it’s about the appearance and it is tolerable, then yes.

When casting, the ceiling must be curved upwards so that it does not sag later.

I currently have no idea how the formwork should be constructed for that.

I don’t know what went wrong there – possibly in connection with the reduction of the story heights shortly before approval.

I checked it. It has nothing to do with that. In all drafts, it has always been 1.01x2.01.

I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow. I will take another look and try. But I’m not going to like it.

Probably only professional advice will help.

I just measured in our apartment. The patio doors to the roof terrace actually have about 2.10m clear opening. I hadn’t even thought about it. It’s a mystery to me how someone wants to build lower. And supposedly these 1.84 little holes are already oversized... supposedly we discussed this with the architect back then and only then did he plan it that way. I don’t remember that anymore.