Browse Forums Building A New House Re: advice needed! is this right? 3Aug 31, 2012 9:26 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: advice needed! is this right? 9Oct 23, 2012 7:25 am leighton the vertical bit is a downpipe. the horizontal bit is a stormwater drain that by australian standard should be buried. of the top of my head, i cannot tell you the depth but there is a minimum. cheers thanks for the reply Leighton, we have now moved in to our house and the stormwater has been covered and all looks good. think I was stressing for nothing. I'm putting a new floor in my kitchen, slate flagging on a standard concrete slab. I have allowed for a bed thickness of up to 20mm to accommodate the different… 0 17543 They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5891 Thanks for that, the PVC pipe is still about 40cm below ground level and it sticks out of the sand with no end cap or anything on it just open pipe, is this the finished… 2 10473 |