Jim Robinson
04-10-2009, 03:37 PM
There were some large cracks visible in the interior slab. The house is not finished, so the majority of the interior slabs are visible.
We were trying to figure out what might have caused this to crack this bad. Number one bet would be poor compaction. Out soil is pretty stable here, but they may have over dug and not compacted the back fill enough. A little is not unusual, but there were pretty big cracks.
One question we had was if the concrete froze after pouring, would that cause this? I haven't been able to tell when it was poured yet, but we're working on it. It was in most of the rooms, not just in one area.
This place was a doozy. Second question. The builder told my client that he treated the cracks with something to make sure that the tiles didn't crack later if the crack widened. I've never seen anything like this used, but it looks more like purple paint than anything else. I don't see how it would make any difference.
We were trying to figure out what might have caused this to crack this bad. Number one bet would be poor compaction. Out soil is pretty stable here, but they may have over dug and not compacted the back fill enough. A little is not unusual, but there were pretty big cracks.
One question we had was if the concrete froze after pouring, would that cause this? I haven't been able to tell when it was poured yet, but we're working on it. It was in most of the rooms, not just in one area.
This place was a doozy. Second question. The builder told my client that he treated the cracks with something to make sure that the tiles didn't crack later if the crack widened. I've never seen anything like this used, but it looks more like purple paint than anything else. I don't see how it would make any difference.