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What Lies Beneath

When the ground of your new allotment looks flat and smooth and the subdivision is just about finished, take a minute to look at the site works that have occurred on your allotment before you hit the dotted line with a black pen and make your ‘mark’.

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Slab Heave – Was I Wrong?

I posted on a Homeone forum about slab heave a while ago. I said that slab heave movement could be reversed simply by reinstating the soil moisture regime under the house that was present at the time of construction.

I have re-considered this week whether my statement holds true for waffle slabs – and I’d like your opinion on my theory.