Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 4Jun 14, 2014 10:15 am Ours is 1.2m and I don't think I would like to go any narrower than that. Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 5Jun 14, 2014 11:58 am Thanks everyone... Window is 1.8 m wide, 2.0 m tall sitting at floor level. Would 1.2 m? be the minimum for say wheelbarrow, utilities? Overall, im trying to maximise width of house... And have the south side of the house for basic access only. Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 6Jun 14, 2014 10:07 pm Beetaloo No. Not enough room for a HWS as a clear space of at least 600mm is required in front fro servicing & you could not get past into your back yard with say a wheel barrow. In S.A. Utility meter boxes must be located on the principle frontage (or within 1500mm of it). Disagree. Our "dead side" of the house is on the south side and it's only 1m to our retaining wall. We have our solar hot water, electrical boosted system there and also our main ducted air conditioning unit and there is enough room to walk around them. I'll see if I can find a pic. Not wide enough for a wheelbarrow etc. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 7Jun 14, 2014 10:08 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 8Jun 14, 2014 10:10 pm You can see the HWS down further. We will have a house built next to us but so far I've been pleasantly surprised by the amount of light into those southern rooms. (The retaining wall is not on the boundary, the boundary is a metre or so further again). We mostly kept those rooms as bathrooms and lesser used rooms etc anyways. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 9Jun 15, 2014 1:09 pm With residential blocks diminishing in size these days some councils are letting people have zero clearance for garages etc. The other side of the house should be left clear of some of the utilities like HWC, rain tanks etc just so you have clear access down at least one side. 900mm is the closest you can build to with our local councils and this is just wide enough for half decent access for maintenance, landscaping work etc. As Beetalaoo says, wheelbarrow access is important. Stewie Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 10Jun 15, 2014 2:46 pm The picture of the airconditioner is a concern to me. Air-conditioning manufacturer's installation instructions specify a minimum clear area in front of horizontal discharge condensers in order to prevent back pressure on the fan and also to prevent short cycling of air off the condenser. The top fan looks ok but I have doubts about the bottom fan. It would be interesting to known what distance is specified in the O&M manual Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 11Jun 16, 2014 6:42 pm Good thought Beetaloo! Bit late though.... Hmmm hahaha. The builder apparently looked into it at tender and said it'd be alright but who knows what that means.... I'll have a look at the manual! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Minimum side setback - in practice is 1.0 m enough? 13Jun 21, 2014 8:32 pm If you worry so much about access to the back, I suggest having a rear garage door as well. Makes it that much easier. Thanks Draftroom that definitely helps a heap. We are still at the very early stage of planning to see what kind of house would fit on our plot. While we are on a… 3 15767 My land is 260m2 (10m x 26m) located in claymore NSW. Under campbelltown council. I know in general the following setbacks would apply ground floor side setback =… 0 6920 you need a fridgie to answer but I would think you vac the whole system then add gas if you have a leak, unless it is new install with the gas already loaded, in that case… 1 3657 |