Hello!
I am currently at the shell construction phase of my house, and the basement ceiling was installed just a few days ago.
There was already an issue with the basement walls: they were spaced too far apart. The reason given to me was roughly this: the surveyor included the exterior insulation foam board (Styrodur) in the measurements for the outer dimensions of the basement. However, the shell builder did not factor in the insulation board—so the connection anchors (on which the hollow elements of the basement walls are placed) were positioned too far outward. When the walls arrived and were "assembled," gaps of about 10-20cm (4-8 inches) appeared on each side. These gaps were then shuttered and filled with concrete. A new insulation layer was calculated afterwards, since it now had to be "thinner."
I already had a bad feeling about this, but my construction manager assured me that this is absolutely fine, and I received a letter from the shell construction company stating the basement was built according to a DIN standard (I don’t recall the exact number) and is therefore "safe."
Then, the day before yesterday, the basement ceiling was delivered. Even though it was asked twice whether the ceiling dimensions had been corrected due to the previously miscalculated walls—and this was confirmed—the ceiling elements also arrived with gaps of 10-20cm (4-8 inches) each.
Can this be considered a defect?
Am I being too picky here?
Here are some pictures:
I am currently at the shell construction phase of my house, and the basement ceiling was installed just a few days ago.
There was already an issue with the basement walls: they were spaced too far apart. The reason given to me was roughly this: the surveyor included the exterior insulation foam board (Styrodur) in the measurements for the outer dimensions of the basement. However, the shell builder did not factor in the insulation board—so the connection anchors (on which the hollow elements of the basement walls are placed) were positioned too far outward. When the walls arrived and were "assembled," gaps of about 10-20cm (4-8 inches) appeared on each side. These gaps were then shuttered and filled with concrete. A new insulation layer was calculated afterwards, since it now had to be "thinner."
I already had a bad feeling about this, but my construction manager assured me that this is absolutely fine, and I received a letter from the shell construction company stating the basement was built according to a DIN standard (I don’t recall the exact number) and is therefore "safe."
Then, the day before yesterday, the basement ceiling was delivered. Even though it was asked twice whether the ceiling dimensions had been corrected due to the previously miscalculated walls—and this was confirmed—the ceiling elements also arrived with gaps of 10-20cm (4-8 inches) each.
Can this be considered a defect?
Am I being too picky here?
Here are some pictures:
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