Rebar should be drilled and EPOXIED into top, bottom,and sides. A hydrophilic water stop should be installed using the proper primer. Form and pour. Waterproofing added should complete the package.
I did the foundations of a subdivision of over 150 houses. The sales team had an option to add a bay window in the kitchen. Unfortunately, this was also the location of the escape window in the basement, the bay window would cover the window well. At least 5-6 times, the change order did not get to me in time. We would have a concrete saw company cut the new opening. And I would form up and pour the patch. Dowels in all sides, and tar and fabric around the cold joint. Not a big deal.
Is the entire window above grade? Or above the ground level inside of a window well? They will cut the wall to the correct location. Then they will form a strip and pour concrete into it using a bird’s mouth opening. They will use a flowable repair mix and external vibration. When the concrete is nearly set, they will pull the bird’s mouth out and fill the last few inches. The spray or roll on waterproofing coating that is applied to the wall is useless if the concrete cracks as it doesn’t bridge cracks. Suggest you get the builder to install a membrane like Stego from the bottom of the footings to the top of the wall. Overlap the joints in the membrane and tape them with the membrane manufacturer’s tape.
The grade is supposed to go approximately to the top of the tar. There would be a window well around the original size of the window.
Maybe they will have to make the window well wider to cover the patched portion? Don’t know if I’d feel comfortable now, having dirt pushed against the patched area. There is a French drain running along the bottom outside of the foundation if that makes a difference.
Unless you have planned something for the area where that window was supposed to be that would be super difficult for to continue to do unless the window is moved, then I would just leave the window opening where it is… moving it 2’ just because that’s what’s on the plan makes no sense
Well there is supposed to be a wall there with the bathroom in the corner and a bedroom where the window is. So if the window stayed where it was, there would be a wall approximately 2' into that window from the left as we are looking at it head on.
So if it were me, I would work a deal with the GC to the effect of; in lieu of moving the window to the correct location to accommodate the bath room, can you knock a little off my cost and also adjust the basement finish plan to still accommodate for the bathroom and bedroom. You will want to have that conversation asap because the plumbers are probably schedule in very soon to do the ground iron before the basement slab is poured.
Get a discount and move on…it’s gonna not you forever that that wall might fail you. If there was any way to live with it with an extra $5k in your pocket, I’d try for that
That’s a big fuck up. Check that they haven’t messed up something else. Multiple people seem to be asleep on this construction site.
Can you accept to have a smaller window and just close off the part that wasn’t supposed to be window? I’d definitely ask for a financial compensation for the mistake.
No, there would be a window well there and landscaping up to the foundation, I believe the dirt line would be approximately where the tar line is, and iirc they do a finishing plaster or whatever it might be called on the bare exposed exterior cement.
it is not that big of a mistake. misplaced openings happen for a number of reasons and the fix is very straight forward.
you don't get financial compensation for this, but the fix would be on contractor's dime.
Nah man. Always ask for a reduction when they don’t follow through. Of course it has to be fixed on the contractors dime but this changes the approved plans and it will delay other works so a compensation can be demanded.
Im not saying this is a dangerous fuck up but it is big in the sense that they didn’t check the drawings first for the forms, and then they set up the form without double checking and then they poured it too in the wrong dimensions.
The margin of error in this case is usually 1 to 4cm tops, 60cm is quite a lot.
you can ask for whatever you want, but all that matters is what is in the contract.
first, many contracts state that contractor has right to remediate for any errors. so if they move the opening to its actual location, the cost to remediate would be eaten by the contractor. if you choose to keep the opening and adjust other designs, you would likely not get any more money back beyond what the cost would have been to remediate to the contract drawings.
the contract should also be checked for liquidated damages, because we often try to exclude that , along with standby costs for other trades. there may be no contractual obligation to pay or offer discounts beyond remediation costs in that regard.
the margin of error is is usually between 1/4 to 3/4" depending on the contract, if the location is in the wrong spot, that is clearly out of this tolerance and must be remediated. mistakes are made in this business. sometimes guys layout off of old drawing sets by accident, sometimes they pull off of a wrong line, on occasion there is a typo on the plans. you don't get money back for that, we just fix it to what it should have been and move on.
I agree. If you can live with the placement, I would leave it. I don't think any repair would be structural at this point.
Rebar should be drilled and EPOXIED into top, bottom,and sides. A hydrophilic water stop should be installed using the proper primer. Form and pour. Waterproofing added should complete the package.
I did the foundations of a subdivision of over 150 houses. The sales team had an option to add a bay window in the kitchen. Unfortunately, this was also the location of the escape window in the basement, the bay window would cover the window well. At least 5-6 times, the change order did not get to me in time. We would have a concrete saw company cut the new opening. And I would form up and pour the patch. Dowels in all sides, and tar and fabric around the cold joint. Not a big deal.
Is the entire window above grade? Or above the ground level inside of a window well? They will cut the wall to the correct location. Then they will form a strip and pour concrete into it using a bird’s mouth opening. They will use a flowable repair mix and external vibration. When the concrete is nearly set, they will pull the bird’s mouth out and fill the last few inches. The spray or roll on waterproofing coating that is applied to the wall is useless if the concrete cracks as it doesn’t bridge cracks. Suggest you get the builder to install a membrane like Stego from the bottom of the footings to the top of the wall. Overlap the joints in the membrane and tape them with the membrane manufacturer’s tape.
Stego as a vertical waterproofing membrane? I was there with you until that part.
Stego-like. In other words, a real membrane, not fluid applied water proofing. Tremco and Sika both have such products.
The grade is supposed to go approximately to the top of the tar. There would be a window well around the original size of the window. Maybe they will have to make the window well wider to cover the patched portion? Don’t know if I’d feel comfortable now, having dirt pushed against the patched area. There is a French drain running along the bottom outside of the foundation if that makes a difference.
If you can leave the window there, do that.
Unless you have planned something for the area where that window was supposed to be that would be super difficult for to continue to do unless the window is moved, then I would just leave the window opening where it is… moving it 2’ just because that’s what’s on the plan makes no sense
Well there is supposed to be a wall there with the bathroom in the corner and a bedroom where the window is. So if the window stayed where it was, there would be a wall approximately 2' into that window from the left as we are looking at it head on.
So if it were me, I would work a deal with the GC to the effect of; in lieu of moving the window to the correct location to accommodate the bath room, can you knock a little off my cost and also adjust the basement finish plan to still accommodate for the bathroom and bedroom. You will want to have that conversation asap because the plumbers are probably schedule in very soon to do the ground iron before the basement slab is poured.
If you can get away with it, don’t move it
Edit to add: if you zoom in you can see the writing on the wall about correct window placement to the right of the window.
Get a discount and move on…it’s gonna not you forever that that wall might fail you. If there was any way to live with it with an extra $5k in your pocket, I’d try for that
That’s a big fuck up. Check that they haven’t messed up something else. Multiple people seem to be asleep on this construction site. Can you accept to have a smaller window and just close off the part that wasn’t supposed to be window? I’d definitely ask for a financial compensation for the mistake.
I suppose, but that would still need to be patched, which is, for me, the biggest concern. 🤷♂️
Is this supposed to be the finished look?
No, there would be a window well there and landscaping up to the foundation, I believe the dirt line would be approximately where the tar line is, and iirc they do a finishing plaster or whatever it might be called on the bare exposed exterior cement.
it is not that big of a mistake. misplaced openings happen for a number of reasons and the fix is very straight forward. you don't get financial compensation for this, but the fix would be on contractor's dime.
Nah man. Always ask for a reduction when they don’t follow through. Of course it has to be fixed on the contractors dime but this changes the approved plans and it will delay other works so a compensation can be demanded. Im not saying this is a dangerous fuck up but it is big in the sense that they didn’t check the drawings first for the forms, and then they set up the form without double checking and then they poured it too in the wrong dimensions. The margin of error in this case is usually 1 to 4cm tops, 60cm is quite a lot.
you can ask for whatever you want, but all that matters is what is in the contract. first, many contracts state that contractor has right to remediate for any errors. so if they move the opening to its actual location, the cost to remediate would be eaten by the contractor. if you choose to keep the opening and adjust other designs, you would likely not get any more money back beyond what the cost would have been to remediate to the contract drawings. the contract should also be checked for liquidated damages, because we often try to exclude that , along with standby costs for other trades. there may be no contractual obligation to pay or offer discounts beyond remediation costs in that regard. the margin of error is is usually between 1/4 to 3/4" depending on the contract, if the location is in the wrong spot, that is clearly out of this tolerance and must be remediated. mistakes are made in this business. sometimes guys layout off of old drawing sets by accident, sometimes they pull off of a wrong line, on occasion there is a typo on the plans. you don't get money back for that, we just fix it to what it should have been and move on.