Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 09, 2014 8:13 pm Having trouble getting soil testing done, as Henley said the land is too wet. I am not happy about this, is it their excuse or what? with almost rain fall every week in winter, I am wondering how long we have to wait to get soil testing done, anything we can do? Do you have similar problem in south east Mel? Re: Land too wet to do soil test - Henley 2Jul 09, 2014 8:24 pm Sounds a bit sus but depends how they are doing it. Some companies will use drills on the back of utes in which case it could be too boggy. Others may use a hand auger so they should be able to do it. Re: Land too wet to do soil test - Henley 3Jul 09, 2014 8:46 pm Unfortunately some blocks have deep fill and aren't able to be done with the hand auger. The developers are allowed to put approx 300mm of loose fill on blocks and this turns to mush http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/jmfieldwork1/IMG_3176_zps011e7015.jpg We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37143 Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12337 Hi Building Expert, Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated, there is also a code of conduct for building surveyors which they need to follow as well. I am looking… 4 3672 |