Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 07, 2013 2:54 pm Hey All, We are hoping the experts on this forum can help us with understanding this statement. As part of our DA, council has the following condition during construction with the cut/fill. "The maximum cut on a site shall not exceed 600mm. Furthermore, all slab construction for dwellings that are above natural ground level are to be constructed using dropped edge beams to natural ground level to retain fill." Soo from this illustration.. my attempt at trying to understand what this actually means...Which one is correct? 1. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any feedback would be great to make some sense out of this! Thanks heaps guys! Re: Drop Edge Beam Query 2May 07, 2013 3:57 pm Maybe some photos will help. Fill being dumped. http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/grumblebum54/012-15Mar-Delivery_zpsf8be4038.jpg Drop edge beam holding fill back. http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/grumblebum54/021-28Apr-DropEdgeBeam2_zps5165dbf1.jpg Brickwork. Regards, Grumbles Re: Drop Edge Beam Query 4Jun 16, 2013 9:47 am The charge for our drop edge beams was $11,800 and extra fill cost $7,600. I have no idea of the area or amount of concrete used but can tell you the side of the house is 25 metres long. Regards, Grumbles Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 12872 The distance between my DEBs varies from 4.1m at the narrowest to 8.1m at the widest. 5 27307 I would like to build our new house with the rear section approx 1 metre out of the ground, I don't particularly like to go bearers and joists so concrete slab all the way… 0 3822 |