... This looks prety excessive? They are a dual purpose rainwater tank and retaining wall. You can also have a flower bed on top or even a water feature, depending on location.

... but because the people who installed it were concerned about the wall thickness of a narrower pipe and the overlying retaining wall backfill. Or they had a mate who worked in an industrial pipe factory.... if ...

... for onsite stormwater management. I am currently replacing our leaning retaining wall with the concrete sleepers at our PPOR but I am taken by the size of the onsite retaining ...

Check your local council DCP and LEP requirements if you haven't already. Some councils apply tight conditions when changing elevation near shared boundaries, so DIY may not fly-even if only 0.6m high.

Probably Dincel will be the easiest option

... currently stuck trying to work out what's the best option for a small retaining wall alongside the house. Context: our house sits higher then the neighbour and because of ...

... (I know most require the home builder to have it)? As the site has retaining walls on 3 sides (it's a series of 'terrace' style blocks where the west is 1.8m higher than ...

... (I know most require the home builder to have it)? As the site has retaining walls on 3 sides (it's a series of 'terrace' style blocks where the west is 1.8m higher than ...

Sorry, you need to put photos and more information up, Concrete paths aren't retaining walls? The better the info, the better the reply and the more chance it will help others

Not sure as it all happened so quickly. There is about 8m on the side between the slab and the fence. I am more worried that the fill under slab wouldnt be contained as there is no DEB like the other side and would be washed away. Would it be wise to do a concrete path around the slab or do you know...

At a guess I'd say the council would have asked the builder to provide retaining under the House on the LHS The RHS is far enough away from both ... at a later stage Why didn't the Council ask the builder for a retaining wall plan at the DA stage and it sounds like you may have been left out of ...

So this is the site plan i have noticed they have done DEB on one side and part of the back side but the rest of the house is left without DEB just trying to find out the reason behind it. They have choosen to elevate the land around the side without the DEB to match the slab height. But worries tha...

Did you not scrutinise the site plans, GL heights, retaining, stormwater, etc before you signed up? If they have altered the slab engineering, retaining, etc then you should have signed a variation? Worse stitch up is when they know you are stuck ...

... would prevent this extra soil from running when its raining. Do i need retaining wall on this side ? Did the builder decide to elevate the soil on this side to avoid having ...

... could nail two requirements you might have, for example, doubling as a retaining wall etc. A problem is that many builders have commercial affiliations with water tank suppliers ...

... problem. The 30cm drop below site level will present no real issues as retaining walls will be placed around the cut and drainage will be adequate. So it seems slab costs will ...

... problem. The 30cm drop below site level will present no real issues as retaining walls will be placed around the cut and drainage will be adequate. So it seems slab costs will ...

It may differ from state to state but usually the zero lot wall or one 200mm from the boundary would not have any openings. Habitable rooms ... facing the neighbour then I can put it 400mm off the boundary? There is a retaining wall about 300mm along my side of the boundary so I can’t meet the ...

It may differ from state to state but usually the zero lot wall or one 200mm from the boundary would not have any openings. Habitable rooms ... facing the neighbour then I can put it 400mm off the boundary? There is a retaining wall about 300mm along my side of the boundary so I can’t meet the ...