Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 26, 2009 5:27 pm Does anyone know what the regulations are in the distance between downpipes on a house? It is a single storey house approx. 33 squares in total with garage.
4 of my plans to date, have had the downpipe on the side of the house, despite my garage being detached from the start and now on the latest plans, one of the downpipes is located on the front of the house, apparently this is an oversight by the builder again Thanks in advanced Re: A question about downpipes 2Feb 26, 2009 6:04 pm Downpipe positions should be governed by a number of things...
Region, and expected rainfall intensity... Roof pitch and Roof area... Guttering Type.... And finally downpipe size... From these you can work out how many are required for the building, and how much area each will service... Electrical Engineer... Don't hold that against me... And keen owner builder... Mainly the building part!! Re: A question about downpipes 3Feb 27, 2009 10:49 am Thanks for the reply, am meeting with the builders yet again this afternoon to sort this out. Devkop The good news it is super easy to fix. Just get your plumber to divert it to the other side of the window. But for those people who are wondering what the… 2 1431 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 4419 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 6644 |