Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 May 13, 2011 1:03 pm Our AHD is requiring our slab be high, it looks like we will need a step or two to get inside. I was thinking perhaps levels would look good but cant do that all round the house, theres no real verandah so dont feel wooden decks would look any good without a verandah. Hubby is thinking of just pushing the dirt back up around the house but I think this may look yuk. So thinking of levels with the blocks you get from bunnings? Or paving around the house, anyway, what would you suggest for landscaping around a high slab. We are on one acre and our shed we have built pretty close to the house also and so we will probably do a pretty decent courtyard from the alfresco to the shed as this is the view now, (thanks for that hubby) so must make is pretty. Re: High slab, landscaping ideas please. 2May 13, 2011 1:43 pm I believe by building regs. foundations must be encased by transitonal material (eg. soil). You would then need to build a retaining wall to landscape around. Get the advise from a building inspector. Has insurance implications. Re: High slab, landscaping ideas please. 3May 15, 2011 11:56 pm You could advance the decking concept. What if you were to do a very mini version of a deck? Making it only say 200 or so wide and then do down the sides too. Problem solved. No back filling. Re: High slab, landscaping ideas please. 4May 16, 2011 2:34 pm Our builder rang today and said they will backfill around the slab and see if that will do then see if we need a step out the front. It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 5246 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 30479 Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 5575 |