Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 10, 2011 9:20 pm Hi, our builder wants a 28m long and 1m high timber retaining wall, I don't have a clue whether its necessary/manadatory. if you some one could share some info that would be great click below link for the plan http://img708.imageshack.us/i/planlm.jpg/ Cheers Re: Builder asking for retaining wall - help & suggestions p 2Mar 11, 2011 11:32 am With the site slope and the building so close to the boundaries I can't see how you can get away without a low retaining wall. Regards The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5179 Thanks for your reply! All valid points and I agree with you on many of them. I am in QLD, any recommendations on a construction lawyer would be helpful 3 2637 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16138 |