Browse Forums Paving & Concreting 1 Aug 17, 2012 6:32 pm Re: Large Drain in the way of my proposed driveway - what to 2Aug 20, 2012 6:21 am There has to be some rules to follow. Why not ask your local council if you don't get a clear response here? They should at least be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck Re: Large Drain in the way of my proposed driveway - what to 3Aug 23, 2012 11:25 am Will the current driveway and vehicle crossing be staying? (as is are you building another dwelling on the land or are you knocking the old one down and just building one? In any case, will it be costly? Yes It looks like the only option you will have is ask permission to move the drain at you cost. And you will probably have to use the council contractors as well. Re: Large Drain in the way of my proposed driveway - what to 4Aug 25, 2012 12:50 am im knocking down the current house and building a new house. are there minimum requirements for how much curve a drive way can have into a carport. I would prefer to leave the existing driveway due to costs of relocating the drain. can my council force me to relocate the cross over? Re: Large Drain in the way of my proposed driveway - what to 5Aug 27, 2012 2:14 pm BuilderBoy can my council force me to relocate the cross over? Sort of. They can either knock back the proposed design because the drive access angle doesn't meet the code or they can tell you you have to move the cross over and in turn the drain. I'm pretty sure there would be a minimum turn radius in the code somewhere. Can you post a copy of the proposed floor plan? Yeah mine about 9 metres long and 8 wide with slope of 25% at one point but the end point of the outlet is past the side of garage and if he concretes allowing for… 4 4549 Do you really want to accommodate the window? What is on the outside of the window? Do you want to be able to see your towels from outside? I would blank the window from… 2 8410 Appreciate that Chippy. I won’t do sand under pavers and will connect all up under pavers, however I was going to do: 1) Roadbase compacted with manual hand tamper 2)… 10 18580 |