ᐅ What degree of deviation is acceptable when laying masonry?
Created on: 8 Apr 2022 19:46
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WilderSueden
We visited the kitchen installer today and then went to the construction site where the ground floor was completed this week. We noticed that the kitchen measurements differ slightly from the original plan. According to the plan, the kitchen should be 2.995 meters wide, but I measured 2.909 meters along the wall and about one centimeter more at the transition to the dining area.
I understand that masonry work isn’t exact to the millimeter ("the bricklayer is happy as long as he stays on the property..."), but around 8 centimeters seems a bit much to me. Is this still acceptable, and what would be the best way to handle this? Should I ask the general contractor to have the bricklayers on the upper floor re-measure more carefully? In principle, I could live with a kitchen width that’s about one handbreadth smaller.
I understand that masonry work isn’t exact to the millimeter ("the bricklayer is happy as long as he stays on the property..."), but around 8 centimeters seems a bit much to me. Is this still acceptable, and what would be the best way to handle this? Should I ask the general contractor to have the bricklayers on the upper floor re-measure more carefully? In principle, I could live with a kitchen width that’s about one handbreadth smaller.
At least that explains 5 cm (2 inches). With the future exterior plaster thickness, the full 9 cm (3.5 inches). And then the interior plaster on top of that as well…
You should have questioned the even numbers 😉
WilderSueden schrieb:
I never questioned the odd numbers.
You should have questioned the even numbers 😉
WilderSueden schrieb:
I don’t know if the room behind is larger. The room behind will be larger unless the problem lies in the exterior walls. That means the guaranteed floor area and living space will be achieved, just distributed differently among the rooms. There’s no way around that...
gutentag schrieb:
Who designs a kitchen at 2.995 m (9 feet 10 inches)? I better not ask. Hopefully no one, because the dimensions in the plans are always calculated without plaster.
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WilderSueden8 Apr 2022 22:20guckuck2 schrieb:
The room behind will be larger, as long as the issue isn’t with the exterior walls.Although I doubt that because the bricks are 2.5cm (1 inch) thicker than in the plan. I want to go there again tomorrow and measure everything.Tolentino schrieb:
40cm (15.7 inches) should maybe be 36.5cm (14.4 inches) plus 2 times 2cm (0.8 inches) plaster.
The builder thinks, hmm 40cm? That should be 42.5cm (16.7 inches) bricks...Since the builder is acting as the main contractor, hopefully that won’t happen.ypg schrieb:
You should have questioned those even numbers 😉Next house then. The first one for the enemy, the second for the friend...guckuck2 schrieb:
Hopefully no one, because the dimensions in the plan are always calculated without plaster.He probably meant that kitchens should not be planned smaller than 3.20 meters (10 feet 6 inches) or larger than 2.40 meters (7 feet 10 inches) 😉Similar topics