Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Is concrete around the house required? 2Feb 16, 2011 4:50 am 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: Is concrete around the house required? 10Feb 19, 2011 2:03 pm Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: Is concrete around the house required? 18Mar 07, 2018 9:30 am draco76 found this from csiro website Foundation Maintenance and Footing Performance: A Homeowner's Guide http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/3612.htm free to download.. Do not use this guide it is extremely outdated and the fall levels on concrete are now incorrect. Unfortunately it appears many volume builders give this Foundation Maintenance guide to homeowners even though it is now incorrect. It was written before the BCA. The writer of the CSIRO document has said stick with the National Construction Code. https://www.abcb.gov.au/Resources/Publi ... th-the-NCC Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 8489 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. Raising the concrete would… 1 7035 Thanks for the photos. You need to know whether the inflow or the overflow pipe is leaking and this is a simple process of elimination. INFLOW: The vertical riser… 4 4683 |