TobSte20
2020-11-04 11:03:00
- #1
Hello everyone,
our house has been fitted with a basement with a [white tank]. The groundwater level on our property is very high, so this was necessary. We are building with a general contractor.
After the completion of the basement, we commissioned an expert to evaluate the construction work. Our expert pointed out in his report that the perimeter insulation was only partially dowelled, although according to the relevant DIN standards it must be done continuously.
We immediately sent the report to our general contractor and repeatedly requested that the insulation be properly dowelled. However, our general contractor completely ignored this and instead backfilled.
This raises the following questions for me:
- What impacts and consequences can the missing dowelling have?
- How extensive is the effort to retrofit this dowelling, is it even possible? Sheet piles were necessary to keep the groundwater away during the construction of the basement, of course these are no longer there now.
- How should we best deal with our general contractor in this case? After all, common standards were ignored and we pointed out the defect in time (even before backfilling was done).
Thank you for your experiences and assessment.
our house has been fitted with a basement with a [white tank]. The groundwater level on our property is very high, so this was necessary. We are building with a general contractor.
After the completion of the basement, we commissioned an expert to evaluate the construction work. Our expert pointed out in his report that the perimeter insulation was only partially dowelled, although according to the relevant DIN standards it must be done continuously.
We immediately sent the report to our general contractor and repeatedly requested that the insulation be properly dowelled. However, our general contractor completely ignored this and instead backfilled.
This raises the following questions for me:
- What impacts and consequences can the missing dowelling have?
- How extensive is the effort to retrofit this dowelling, is it even possible? Sheet piles were necessary to keep the groundwater away during the construction of the basement, of course these are no longer there now.
- How should we best deal with our general contractor in this case? After all, common standards were ignored and we pointed out the defect in time (even before backfilling was done).
Thank you for your experiences and assessment.