Anyway, I spoke with a building inspector from the building commission and he had confirmed that story, I rang our local council, they confirmed that plan is approved and correct.
btw I've got full engineers specification from our builder if anyone is interested to see it
http://www.dex-tel.com/dreamstart/C1874 ... tified.pdf
PS there are always two sides of the coin
PPS as far as I'm concerned my case is closed.
Case closed and you are comfortable with it, good to hear!
TBH though, the inspector sounds like he has no idea on tiedown.
Sounds like a back peddle in not wanting to admit it. The council have nothing to do with approving or specifying these elements.
Sorry if I sound like I'm carrying on a bit about it, but I see this attitude from inspectors a bit and it does my head in.
Anyway, good luck with the rest of your build