Browse Forums Old Home Restoration / Renovation Re: Raising house on concrete slab 2Jun 06, 2019 3:57 pm You will need to overcome compliance issues, start with an architect or a good building designer 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: Raising house on concrete slab 3Jun 07, 2019 1:22 am building-expert You will need to overcome compliance issues, start with an architect or a good building designer Yes I agreed with you, This is a good suggestion to recover all the issues. Thanks for your advice! Re: Raising house on concrete slab 4Jun 07, 2019 9:00 am Ddtheone From an engineering perspective raising the house isn't cost effective There are minimal compliance issues for basements, lol no overlooking issues OT Basement are effective where 1. the land costs are in excess of $20K/m2, chelsea/london houses have 3 storey mega basements 2. Height restrictions & Caveats 3. Airbnb Rentals in sort after locations ie house renovations, lofts, basements, garage conversions, etc 4. Historically significant/heritage buildings that can't be touched above ground, but do as you wish beneath? Here What's beneath: the subterranean secrets of London's super-rich Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 3526 yep, clearly mark where the infloor heating pipes are before drilling or nailing 1 5463 Building Standards; Getting It Right! is this for a residential dwelling or a shed? If its for a dwelling, its out of tolerance and a "mistakes happen" isnt a good enough excuse to just move on. 1 1376 |