Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 25, 2011 12:06 pm We have a couple of drains in the wrong places. Two have come out under the frame. One of these is not an issue as its against an exterior wall. The other is, as we wanted to avoid pipes in wall and the resulting noise for the occupant in the adjoining room (in our case, a light sleeping child). Also, a floor waste in the ensuite was supposed to be in the middle but came out a foot to the side. Being in a small ensuite, it looks a bit wrong. How common are these sorts of problems? Are there any fixes, or once its concreted, do you get what you get? Re: drains in wrong places 2Jun 25, 2011 4:36 pm Re: drains in wrong places 3Jun 25, 2011 6:33 pm on further inspection, it seems the drain for the island bench in the kitchen is in the wrong place too... ie. right where the dishwasher is supposed to be. will be having an interesting conversation with the builder on monday i think... although our house plans show the kitchen sink to be roughly where they've put the drain, its obvious on the plans the sink isnt to scale (its 2m wide according to the diagram they used on the plans) and therefore only a rough representation, but it looks like the builder took it literally. either way, the kitchen plans show quite clearly the location of dishwasher and sink, just looks like they never bothered to look at those. so... are there any hassles with relocating drains on a waffle slab? Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10683 2 31344 there is only 20% difference in concrete strength between 20 mpa and 25 mpa, so check with your engineer first if it fits his calculation tolerances. There are ways to… 6 18298 |