Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 15, 2019 2:49 pm So my new house (KDR) is near completion ahead of schedule, and I am turning my attention to the outside. I want to concrete/pave the side of the house where shown, add a fence and install proper drainage. The problem is that the neighbours are at a higher level (green line is ground level and they have a small retaining wall about 200mm from the fence). I am on very good terms with the neighbours and they are willing to cooperate on a solution. The best way as I see it is to fill and concrete / pave the whole area, right up to the neighbours' retaining wall. Have it sloping from both sides to a surface drain on my side into the stormwater. I would need to do the fence posts before this Alternatively just concrete/ pave alongside side my house to a surface drain, and leave the dirt on the other side Or is there a better way of doing this?? Thanks Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: How to pave / drain down the side of my house??? 2Feb 15, 2019 9:49 pm It's a tricky problem - i'm facing the same issue. I've got about 1.6m between the retaining wall and my house. My plans is to run an 80cm wide concrete path out from the house (doubling as a termite barrier) and in the remaining ~80cm (which has gully drains installed) have a narrow garden with some nice screening plants to cover the fence. Re: How to pave / drain down the side of my house??? 4Feb 17, 2019 4:46 am My architect basically had strip drains along the entire perimeter then buried it in pebbles so you can’t see it. Water falls right through so drains still function fine. The strip drains are slightly lower than the concrete path so after pebbles the whole thing finishes flush. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: How to pave / drain down the side of my house??? 5Feb 17, 2019 10:25 am It's interesting how useful it is to be able to see the edge of the concrete slab, under the first row of bricks, so that an owner can be quickly aware of any termite tracking. Not the best aesthetic look but not a bad idea in the long-term. (Last time I'm ever going to mention this aspect of building design on The Forum!) Re: How to pave / drain down the side of my house??? 6Feb 19, 2019 10:55 pm Well termites can’t chew through a concrete path that’s properly chaulked. Concrete path also helps drain moisture away from your footing to avoid slab movements. Re: How to pave / drain down the side of my house??? 8Feb 20, 2019 5:40 pm You need to go direct to manufacturer and get something in writing on how best to do it. Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12288 Thanks for the photos. You need to know whether the inflow or the overflow pipe is leaking and this is a simple process of elimination. INFLOW: The vertical riser… 4 4683 The bottom of the downpipe has been taped (see the black tape) to seal the necessary gap between the downpipe and the adaptor that would normally prevent the downpipe… 3 9238 |