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Steel in floor screed.

  • 29-05-2008 10:46pm
    #1
    cwboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 312 ✭✭


    Hi,

    My engineer sent me a drawing of the rising wall and concrete floor detail for a timber frame house and included in the concrete floor is a412 mesh. My builder doesnt see any need for this mesh.

    Can anybody help me on this?

    Thanks
    cwboy


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  • #2
    smashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    cwboy wrote: »
    Hi,

    My engineer sent me a drawing of the rising wall and concrete floor detail for a timber frame house and included in the concrete floor is a412 mesh. My builder doesnt see any need for this mesh.

    Can anybody help me on this?

    Thanks
    cwboy
    I'm assuming here that your engineer will be signing off on this. If so, tell your builder to stick to building and let the engineer do the specifying.


  • #3
    construct06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭construct06


    builders think differently than engineers.

    engineer - probably conservative but safe.

    builder - probably skips a few corners here and there and he has probably done floors before without mesh andgotten away with it. experience is a factor also but ultimately, better be safe than sorry.

    i know most people dont like spending money on the underground hidden stuff but think of the cost in terms of a bathroom suite or furniture.....might make it easier. also easyto fix stuff overground, but underground if possible, but with major cost.....


  • #4
    RKQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭RKQ


    I agree with Smashey and Construct06.
    No point in retaining an Engineer if you are going to ignore his / her advice.
    The mesh is cheap when compared to the cost of repairing the slab, should it fail! Listen to your Engineer. Better safe than very sorry!


  • #5
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,543 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Fully agree with above posts.


  • #6
    SillyMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭SillyMonkey


    Agree with the lads above.

    I am building a concrete home at the mo. recently I was putting in my first pour for the concrete floor (then insulation then screed with UFH). The architect forgot to put in the screed in the drawings so the way it ended up I lost about an inch in the first pour.

    Doesn't sound like much but the architect and engineer both agreed that steel mesh was needs in the first pour. When I asked why they said it would strengthen the floor less chance of cracks. Just like when the foundation was being poured steel mesh was put in there also. Less likely cracks in the wall.

    Just my two cents.


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