Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Structural and Forensic engineering consultation company 10May 31, 2021 10:50 pm strannik Does the 'no planting' advice go just for trees or shrubs too? I've been going through display houses in that area, and a lot of them seem to have a bunch of various shrubs/succulents planted all around the edges of the lot against the fence and sometimes even against the house wall. as most of them are small lots, the houses are usually being built to the minimum allowed setbacks (usually 1.2-1.8m from the wall). Which (after reading a lot of threads on this forum) kinda made me wonder if it's usually not a problem, or the builders of those display houses simply don't care as to what happens after they offload them. Also made me question our tree choices in our current house (with S soil), and whether i should pull out the avocado and pomegranate before turning it into rental, but that's a separate story They build display houses better generally, deeper footings etc., I have designed couple of them and all supported on piers as I knew that there will be plants and trees around it, in short, you don't want to cause abnormal moisture condition, you need to water plants right? that's enough to cause slab heave. If your site has been classified as S, it is unlikely that trees will cause you any problem, don't remove the trees if they haven't caused any problem yet, you just make it worst by removing them. Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31820 Thanks for all replies. I just noticed now the pictures I added to post right on top of page were wrong. I attached pictures showing "current" and my "suggested" floor… 9 14644 |