Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jul 18, 2011 8:34 pm Concrete should slope away (from foundations) at 1% as a bare minimum. But what about non-concreted areas, like turf, soil or gravel paths, even garden beds?? I imagine that these soft areas would need to slope sharper than concrete because they actually let water soak into the soil right against the slab My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Minimum gradients for soft landscaping surfaces 2Jul 18, 2011 9:26 pm 50mm in first 1m (5%) The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Minimum gradients for soft landscaping surfaces 3Jul 18, 2011 9:41 pm Thanks b Doesn't surprise me ... what after the first meter? Is it then OK to have a smaller slope 1m onwards? Oh BTW, is this in Aus Standards, or from some other docos / guidelines? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Minimum gradients for soft landscaping surfaces 4Jul 19, 2011 5:37 am Here is the document that gives the dimension and a fair bit of other stuff http://www.concrete.net.au/publications ... mpness.pdf The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Minimum gradients for soft landscaping surfaces 5Jul 19, 2011 8:00 am Thanks b Both the BCA and the Australian Standard for residential slabs and footings, AS 2870, require a minimum fall of 50 mm over the first metre width adjacent to the house. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3300 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 6897 Hi, only for walking. It is a narrow 1.5m paved area next to house. 2 5397 |