Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 14, 2009 3:07 pm My mother had a wall unit made which comes in two pieces. The bottom section is about 1 metre in height and the top section would be approx 1.5 metres. The unit would be approx 2 metres wide. The two sections are not connected in any way and the top just rests on the bottom. I believe this may be unsafe and wondered if there are any standards that should apply. Re: Wall unit advice 2Nov 18, 2009 9:29 pm this is common practice. building heysen4e through SarahHomes at Milang IM THE PROUD OWNER OF DIRT house into council 22/08 Unconditionally approved 25/09 mortgage docs signed 29/09 land settled 09/10 land titled 22/10 start date about two weeks away!!! http://www.mymilangbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Wall unit advice 3Nov 18, 2009 9:36 pm If you're worried about it you can screw it to the wall (something I'd never though of but all ikea bookshelves suggest!) to prevent it from toppling forward. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15210 I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36878 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6842 |