Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Aug 05, 2016 12:07 pm I am building in The Ponds, North West Sydney and bricking just finished in the last week. However there is a continuous rain in Sydney for last couple of days and when I went to site today noticed water pool at the front and at the side of the house. From the front I was able to check the front and only one of the side of the house. Last time when there was rain there was water pool but the size was small however today its complete one side from front to back and as well as front of the house. And I guess every time when it will rain continuously for couple of days it would be the same situation. Would that be an alarm and the builder needs to do something to avoid water pool. My builder is not the project builder but one of the small builders based in Western Sydney. Any advice much appreciated!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Water pool around under construction house 2Aug 05, 2016 3:55 pm You need to have this thread transferred to the correct sub forum which is Building Standards; Getting It Right! 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Water pool around under construction house 3Aug 05, 2016 4:41 pm SaveH2O You need to have this thread transferred to the correct sub forum which is Building Standards; Getting It Right! Thanks... I tried to edit but its not letting me to move. How I can move it? Re: Water pool around under construction house 5Aug 05, 2016 6:37 pm Normally you just report your own post and ask for it to be moved to the correct sub forum but there is a shortage of mods at the moment. These sort of posts are often not seen by the building professionals when they are posted in new home plus they can quickly get moved down and lost. Your chance of getting an informed answer is also greatly increased in the correct forum. What is your soil classification? 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Water pool around under construction house 7Aug 05, 2016 7:31 pm Allowing water to flood around slab is bad building practice regardless of soil classification as we'll as unacceptable OH&S risk. Watch Work safe shut down the site. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Water pool around under construction house 8Aug 05, 2016 8:30 pm 3.1.2.3 of the BCA requires surface water to be diverted away from Class 1 buildings. The finished ground level adjacent to buildings must be drained to move surface water away from the building and graded to give a slope of not less than 50mm over the first 1m from the building. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Water pool around under construction house 10Aug 05, 2016 10:31 pm H1 is highly reactive soil and adherence to site drainage mandates is critical. There are a lot of threads on H1 about slab heave and other site drainage issues. Just type in a few keys words in the forum's search facility and you will find many to choose from. Highly reactive soils are dealt with in AS2870, some of the regulations have only been mandated for a couple of years and are not always followed. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. 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 3879 Thanks again Simeon for being so elaborate. Appreciate it. Its gives us a very idea. Kind Regards 4 2005 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 6343 |