Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 29, 2008 8:06 am Hi there
We are currently 3/4 of the way through building a house on acreage in SE Qld and would love to hear from people who could help me understand how many pipes we should have into our 32 000 litre inground water tank from our roof? At this stage we only have one, but considering that every single other house (established or being built) in the estate has two and we have a 25 degree roof pitch on a large roof (ie house is 40 squares) i would think that this is inadequate. We have approached the builder to ask why and the plumber who completes all of their work contacted us to tell us that it'll be OK and if we do want two 'that'll be $800 thanks very much' My husband is going straight to the top of the company this morning to have a "word" but would love to hear if there is some requirement/legislation that we can use in our favour. So far this morning I have looked through the Qld Govt Waterwise, DNR and EPA websites and the MPAQ, but can't find anything entirely definitive. If anyone has ANY feedback, I would be entirely grateful. I have posted this in the Building Standards section too but there hasn't been any posts in there since November last year !!!!!!!! TM Re: Urgent plumbing help - SE Qld 2Feb 29, 2008 11:37 am Husband has spoken to the head of the company and he said that one way or another the problem will be rectified and we WILL have two inflow pipes into our tank.
Obviously, this is a very unusual problem given the response. Re: Urgent plumbing help - SE Qld 3Feb 29, 2008 5:49 pm Hi Taylormade
Rules in Queensland say 100m2 of the roof or 50% of total roof area whichever is the lesser must empty into the tank. Good to hear the builder will put in a second one for you. You plans should show which part of the roof will catch and where the down pipes are. Anne Grandview 36 on Beautiful Bribie Site Start Dec 5th 2007 Projected completion May 12th 2008 NOPE Handover 24th June 2008 Moved in 11th July 2008 Wating on one final thing - Still - Oct 2009 Thank you @. Tried to play with the facade models but the exact colour is not matching up. 2 3267 Render your bathroom walls, two opinions versus the one, makes you wonder. 3 6062 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 16269 |