Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 17, 2023 5:29 pm Hi, I have to do landscaping at the rear of the property. I am worried after the builder builds the house side access would only be 1.2m. This might mean that I might not be able to get excavation machines to the back of the property after house built. I am thinking of getting a excavation guy soon after demolition to the site leveling at the rear. I guess I need to put some temporary retaining walls to protect the land until the handover to my own landcaping after. Depth of cut is max around 800mm. Any advise on temporary retaining wall types I can use. My land is quite big, I would say I will end up with 10m x 18m rectangular excavated area. Please help guys. Cheers Netengineer Re: Excavation for landscaping 2May 18, 2023 8:56 pm there are no good temporary retaining walls, either do the retaining wall first while you can use machinery to do it, ie large blocks or augers for holes, or do the levels and leave a batter that is naturally stable, like a 30% slope to make up the change in level. Re: Excavation for landscaping 3May 18, 2023 9:31 pm Thank you Pulse, much appreciated. I am engaging a landscaping guy now. Re: Excavation for landscaping 4May 19, 2023 4:49 am ![]() Depth of cut is max around 800mm. ![]() I am engaging a landscaping guy now. Retaining walls in excess of 500mm high need to be engineered. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using siphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost, siphonic, eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Excavation for landscaping 5Jun 14, 2023 6:09 pm ![]() ![]() Depth of cut is max around 800mm. ![]() I am engaging a landscaping guy now. Retaining walls in excess of 500mm high need to be engineered. Have neighbours with a landscaper building retaining wall ranging from 600-900mm high. Pretty sure there is no engineering plan at all as I ask the same landscaper do my 400mm retaining wall as well. Dig a trench, put poles and concrete, slide the retaining wall (sleepers) and that's it! Private certifier just ask for photos and sign it off after payment is made! Re: Excavation for landscaping 6Jun 15, 2023 12:51 am ![]() Depth of cut is max around 800mm. Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar but I should have asked. Retaining wall regulations vary between States and even from council to council. NSW requires retaining walls 600mm or more above ground level to be engineered but you need to check with your council. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using siphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost, siphonic, eaves gutter overflow solution. Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 6377 We just had a pool dig and was told by our contractor the pool would need piers. They spoke to the engineer who advised the piers would need to be concrete. When the… 0 1606 Yes, I was happy with the work, bar a few small things. Overall, communication could have been better though. However, I found them reliable and did good work at a… 4 64844 |