Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Dec 14, 2009 11:01 am I talked to the draftsman in a small architects firm where I went for some advice about extensions to our house once it is handed over to us. He said that enclosing our al fresco with brick cavity walls would not require council approval as it is under the existing roof line. The council say that we are changing the intended use of the area so a permit is required. (City of Whittlesea) Is anyone able to confirm from their experience which is correct? Thanks, Pfiff Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! Re: Building permit to enclose al fresco with brick cavity wall? 2Dec 14, 2009 11:15 am If your council has a website, jump on and have a look. A lot of councils have a list available online of what requires a building permit and what doesnt. Re: Building permit to enclose al fresco with brick cavity wall? 3Dec 14, 2009 6:02 pm Mmm... We had a carport, which my husband built (with a permit from C of W) - posts on one side along the fence line, beam bolted to the house brickwork on the other, steel roof, the usual basic kind of thing. Some years later, we decided to make it a lock-up job with a remote roller door, and that necessitated construction of a brick wall and pillar at the front to give it a nice facade and to make the opening the right size for the new door. We also had to get a slab poured and some minor electrical work done to provide power for the door and some lighting. No permit required as far as I'm aware - and we definitely didn't get one. I'm not sure that it's quite the same thing, and of course regulations could have changed since then, but it's the best I can offer. If you talk to three different people at the council, you'll probably get three different answers. Who knows if any of them is right? Re: Building permit to enclose al fresco with brick cavity wall? 4Dec 21, 2009 7:10 am kek If you talk to three different people at the council, you'll probably get three different answers. Who knows if any of them is right? I'll try them again. I'm not able to find the information I need on the City of Whittlesea's building permit site, so I need to find out how I am able to access the regulations myself. I've never needed to do that before. My father-in-law asked one of his mates who is a building inspector for another council. His response was that we shouldn't need a permit from the CoW as it is under the existing roofline and does not constitute a structural change to the house. So, perhaps the approach is to go to the CoW and ask them to point me to the relevant regulations. Thanks for sharing your experience, kek, and for your suggestion, aaron4erin. Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 23180 No, not yet. It’s currently being assessed by our building surveyor 4 5509 Hey guys, what’s everyone opinion on James Hardie linea direct fix to frame? Would this be the most common method and anybody ever had any problems down the track? 0 3790 |