Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Builder damaged my Retaining wall 4Feb 23, 2022 9:40 pm doesn't the latter part of the clause say that the engineers inspection will say if it is not structurally sound and since it didn't come back saying that the wall is not sound the argument that they made saying that its not up to spec and that's why it collapsed kind of fall apart, no pun intended. Builder damaged my Retaining wall 5Feb 24, 2022 9:56 pm It is a moot point, the wall has failed, you don’t need an engineer, it is tipped on its side. They will not build you a free wall and have warned you this might happen. Seems all pretty reasonable Re: Builder damaged my Retaining wall 6Feb 26, 2022 9:37 am Pulse It is a moot point, the wall has failed, you don’t need an engineer, it is tipped on its side. They will not build you a free wall and have warned you this might happen. Seems all pretty reasonable Not entirely true. A builder could still knock over a structurally sound retaining wall by being negligent. Do I think it likely in this case? No, the wall looks like a slight breeze would have brought it down. But that doesn't mean that it's impossible that the wall was structurally suitable and the builder damaged it with their equipment leading to the failure. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 6859 It's hard to comment as the photos area bit dark ( you might need a new 15 - just got one and wow ) Jokes aside, I can see one member that is cracked. I would find a… 2 2510 The coupling, which is made from flexible PVC, needs to comply with AS/NZS 4327 which specifies the requirements for metal banded flexible couplings used in low-pressure… 1 2343 |