Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 01, 2009 12:07 pm Hi, I found this note in the final drawing. "Hatched area to building denotes where foundation support needs to be increased to overcome 45 degree angle of repose due to sewer pipe to the front of the lot." Can anyone explain what it means? Thanks. Re: What does it mean? 2Aug 01, 2009 1:30 pm It is or as I understand it, to be the greatest angle of a material stand alone... In your situation it might relate to the greatest angle of protection for the Sewer pipe. Hang on where wiki...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_repose this might help Where you are coming from is where you are going to... I've just built 3 stairs off a landing out the back and been told by the private certifier I need hand rails sorry tried to attach a pic but couldn't mine don't have sides… 5 5710 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 12773 Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 12665 |