Johann1983
2019-11-25 08:53:42
- #1
Hello,
my neighbor is building an extension directly adjoining my house.
Because he is making a deeper basement than mine, he has already (without asking me) simply underpinned my house with concrete.
For this purpose, my house was undermined and concrete was poured directly under the floor slab (in direct contact with my slab).
Afterwards, the neighbor had his approximately 30-40 cm thick floor slab constructed and poured it directly against the concrete of the underpinning (without decoupling).
When his basement walls were poured (white tank), a layer of Styrodur boards (approx. 12 cm) was installed between the underpinning and my basement wall. The basement wall concrete was then poured directly from his side against these Styrodur boards. This basement wall adjoining my house was also made thicker than usual (it is approx. 30-40 cm thick). Due to the fluidly poured concrete, considerable pressure must have been exerted on the Styrodur boards and thus on my basement wall. And these Styrodur boards were certainly pressed very firmly against my basement wall.
Now my question is whether this was technically correct and whether his house is properly decoupled from mine according to engineering standards?
Since then, I hear every drilling, every hammer blow, etc. that they perform on his new building extremely loudly in my house. Everything vibrates along.
Shouldn't a "rubber layer" be installed there?
I have seen at other new buildings that even the floor slabs in a duplex were separated by a black layer.
Since his floor slab is virtually firmly connected to my house (through the underpinning), it seems that everything is transmitted here. In addition, Styrodur seems more like a resonator than a sound absorber.
What is your assessment of this?
Thank you very much
Johann
my neighbor is building an extension directly adjoining my house.
Because he is making a deeper basement than mine, he has already (without asking me) simply underpinned my house with concrete.
For this purpose, my house was undermined and concrete was poured directly under the floor slab (in direct contact with my slab).
Afterwards, the neighbor had his approximately 30-40 cm thick floor slab constructed and poured it directly against the concrete of the underpinning (without decoupling).
When his basement walls were poured (white tank), a layer of Styrodur boards (approx. 12 cm) was installed between the underpinning and my basement wall. The basement wall concrete was then poured directly from his side against these Styrodur boards. This basement wall adjoining my house was also made thicker than usual (it is approx. 30-40 cm thick). Due to the fluidly poured concrete, considerable pressure must have been exerted on the Styrodur boards and thus on my basement wall. And these Styrodur boards were certainly pressed very firmly against my basement wall.
Now my question is whether this was technically correct and whether his house is properly decoupled from mine according to engineering standards?
Since then, I hear every drilling, every hammer blow, etc. that they perform on his new building extremely loudly in my house. Everything vibrates along.
Shouldn't a "rubber layer" be installed there?
I have seen at other new buildings that even the floor slabs in a duplex were separated by a black layer.
Since his floor slab is virtually firmly connected to my house (through the underpinning), it seems that everything is transmitted here. In addition, Styrodur seems more like a resonator than a sound absorber.
What is your assessment of this?
Thank you very much
Johann