Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Oct 17, 2023 6:33 am Hi.I am building house in Victoria and my garage wall is 200mm from boundry line.My neighbour already built his house.My plans are getting finalised.My Architect raised the slab levels to avoid underpinning of my neighbours garage wall.But i am little concerned about the height of my garage wall and upcoming hiccups if the underpinning or retaining wall is still required.I want to avoid any problems and happy to redesign .Please advise me the best scenario. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Garage on boundary line. 2Oct 17, 2023 10:45 pm Your architect has lifted your garage to prevent any undermining of the neighbours garage. You don't have any issues to worry about. None of your construction will be below the zone of influence of the neighbours building so there is no need to retain or underpin. Personally I hate the 200mm gap between garages as it's just a waste of space and is a trap for leaves and debris that can never be cleaned out, but it seems very common in the east to build like that rather than a true zero lot where the garage is built on the boundary. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Garage on boundary line. 3Oct 18, 2023 7:09 am chippy Your architect has lifted your garage to prevent any undermining of the neighbours garage. You don't have any issues to worry about. None of your construction will be below the zone of influence of the neighbours building so there is no need to retain or underpin. Personally I hate the 200mm gap between garages as it's just a waste of space and is a trap for leaves and debris that can never be cleaned out, but it seems very common in the east to build like that rather than a true zero lot where the garage is built on the boundary. there is one major issue with a zero lot and thats not being able to have any ability to seal with drainage on the boundary on your land. You're left at the mercy of your neighbours if you want to put any solutions in place. Engineers will leave a nice little hidden notes on the plan that drainage for that area will be left up to you to deal with post hand over for slab to perform (despite it being the builder s responsibility to manage drainage during construction, which on a zero lot, in that spot cant. Bit of a catch 22. Re: Garage on boundary line. 4Oct 18, 2023 1:10 pm In WA zero lot is actually zero lot. We build 10mm in from the boundary. My house and my neighbours house have garages that sit only 20mm apart. They were both built at roughly the same time. When I had our roof done I had the roofers flash between the 2 garages so no moisture can get down the gap. The front gap is covered by a rendered trim so you can't see a gap there either. I don't understand why over east all the builds seem to sit 200mm from the boundary. It just introduces issues with drainage and cleaning not to mention it's a waste of 200mm of land. I guess that 200mm is to allow for space to put in drainage. I have to wonder how many people actually install the correct drainage before the brickwork starts because it will be impossible to get in there after the bricks go up if you have garages back to back as the OP has. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 16653 You should be able to encase the sewer but you will need it designed and approved and access to lot 580 to do the work 2 17427 Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 12183 |