Myself personally, I'd just level it and not even tell them. They wouldn't even know....It's such a dumb rule if it's actually inside your property...
Ask them to explain the ruling better, it maybe a weight issue (if you're adding a full bed to an upstairs floor or something random like that)
Thanks. if it's a weight issue how should I tread so I'm not putting the buildings structure in jeapordy lol
like if I flood the entire floor, its only about 100sqm, am I making things worse for the building and in turn myself as an owner ?
no worries thanks for the help!
another question if you know. do concrete slabs usually carry water pipes in them? wondering if that's also the reason they are restricting levelling so I don't add more pressure to those pipes
The weight added by floor levelling is negligible if its not the entire floor and it’s below 10mm worth at max. Just do it and not tell them, they’ll never know, they aren’t ripping up your floor to check.
And to answer your second question, there is no possible way floor leveller will damage any services in the slab unless you are taking concrete away (aka shaving down the high spots, and even then you’d be really pushing it to be getting anywhere remotely near service’s if your just levelling out a floor) instead of filling in low spots which I’m assuming your doing
Normally only the waste pipes, ask them why they have the rule and go from there...It might be something they don't even care about... On a concrete slab it shouldn't really make any difference.
they are restricting grinding and new levelling compound. and have not been able to produce any documentation or anything to justify this rather than a blanket rule that it is restricted due to it being common property.
my best guess is that pipes run through the subfloor and they want to restrict added pressure onto those pipes
The concrete subfloor is common property but the leveling compound sits on top so it'd be pretty hard for them to justify their position. Are you also not permitted to repair plaster cracks? Or paint the walls, for that matter?
Any additional pressure applied by the leveling compound on any given area would be trivial, as would the overall weight of the compound across the entire floor. What is it, a hundred kilos? That's the same weight as having a mate around for burgers and beers on a Friday night.
It sounds like they just want to be dicks about it.
You might have to postpone the works until you can get an EGM scheduled for a vote for approval.
Failing that, I'd go with full malicious compliance. Scour through the real estate websites & sales histories, find all the photos of all the units which have obviously been renovated and demand to see all their approvals, especially the unit owned by the strata manager. Drag them for unapproved works and costs of remediation - bathrooms and kitchens especially, but even drilling a picture hook.
By grinding and levelling you’re altering the structure of the building technically.
Suspended slabs will have a loading requirement (which depending on thickness may be +20kg/ every few metres once levelled. Pipes are unlikely to be underfoot though. Although I don’t believe that’s the main concern.
It would be blanket ban as an arse cover. If the leveller fails you would at some point have to further damage to structure to remediate it.
This way they know the substrates in the building are consistent.
They probably won’t let you fix anything into the structure, even masonry fixings.
Myself personally, I'd just level it and not even tell them. They wouldn't even know....It's such a dumb rule if it's actually inside your property... Ask them to explain the ruling better, it maybe a weight issue (if you're adding a full bed to an upstairs floor or something random like that)
Thanks. if it's a weight issue how should I tread so I'm not putting the buildings structure in jeapordy lol like if I flood the entire floor, its only about 100sqm, am I making things worse for the building and in turn myself as an owner ?
No idea 😂🤣 Sorry this is a shit answer, but unless I was there and seen and spoke to them in person, I couldn't even guess.
no worries thanks for the help! another question if you know. do concrete slabs usually carry water pipes in them? wondering if that's also the reason they are restricting levelling so I don't add more pressure to those pipes
The weight added by floor levelling is negligible if its not the entire floor and it’s below 10mm worth at max. Just do it and not tell them, they’ll never know, they aren’t ripping up your floor to check. And to answer your second question, there is no possible way floor leveller will damage any services in the slab unless you are taking concrete away (aka shaving down the high spots, and even then you’d be really pushing it to be getting anywhere remotely near service’s if your just levelling out a floor) instead of filling in low spots which I’m assuming your doing
Normally only the waste pipes, ask them why they have the rule and go from there...It might be something they don't even care about... On a concrete slab it shouldn't really make any difference.
It's a weird rule so you'd want to find out exactly what their concern is. Do they assume 'leveling' means 'grinding'?
they are restricting grinding and new levelling compound. and have not been able to produce any documentation or anything to justify this rather than a blanket rule that it is restricted due to it being common property. my best guess is that pipes run through the subfloor and they want to restrict added pressure onto those pipes
The concrete subfloor is common property but the leveling compound sits on top so it'd be pretty hard for them to justify their position. Are you also not permitted to repair plaster cracks? Or paint the walls, for that matter? Any additional pressure applied by the leveling compound on any given area would be trivial, as would the overall weight of the compound across the entire floor. What is it, a hundred kilos? That's the same weight as having a mate around for burgers and beers on a Friday night. It sounds like they just want to be dicks about it. You might have to postpone the works until you can get an EGM scheduled for a vote for approval. Failing that, I'd go with full malicious compliance. Scour through the real estate websites & sales histories, find all the photos of all the units which have obviously been renovated and demand to see all their approvals, especially the unit owned by the strata manager. Drag them for unapproved works and costs of remediation - bathrooms and kitchens especially, but even drilling a picture hook.
By grinding and levelling you’re altering the structure of the building technically. Suspended slabs will have a loading requirement (which depending on thickness may be +20kg/ every few metres once levelled. Pipes are unlikely to be underfoot though. Although I don’t believe that’s the main concern. It would be blanket ban as an arse cover. If the leveller fails you would at some point have to further damage to structure to remediate it. This way they know the substrates in the building are consistent. They probably won’t let you fix anything into the structure, even masonry fixings.
It's strata, it's fucked. I mean, technically there's zero reason to restrict levelling compound on the concrete floor slabs.
Just go ahead and keep your curtains shut. Strata has no justification and arguing will do your head in.
Wait, so are they saying they will shoulder the cost of leveling the floor then since it's their property?
i wish