Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Brick front fence construction in WA 5Aug 16, 2014 9:47 pm Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Brick front fence construction in WA 16Aug 26, 2014 9:37 pm sorry we don't live there any more so I cant give you current pics. But here are some old ones. Our brickie neighbour did the 2 piers with hanging baskets on. I did the others. He also did the brick retaining wall that all the others are on. I did one big mistake which hubby didn't pick up and I only noticed years later. The final half pier ( 2nd pic) I didn't check the level and it was nearly 2 cms below the other one at the top. The carpenter never said a thing when we had the lattice inserts made.. Re: Brick front fence construction in WA 17Aug 26, 2014 9:45 pm My DH did a bricklaying course at tafe when we built our first house 18 years ago the limestone walls are still standing .....but then my DH will use any excuse to do course <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Brick front fence construction in WA 18Aug 28, 2014 11:19 pm kexkez, I'm not sure when you built these but you have probably violated the law. Single brick piers were deemed illegal as they aren't strong enough to provide any support and are quite dangerous (prone to falling). Besides that, single brick piers look ridiculous. Re: Brick front fence construction in WA 19Aug 28, 2014 11:36 pm Not in Perth Nemisis, and yes we are talking many years ago. This was the standard back then. My brickie neighbour actually now works as a building inspector having become a fully fledged builder a number of years back and for a time after this having worked for the WA Building Commission as one of their inspectors. He was one of the inspectors who investigated a serious mishap on our local holiday isle a few years back with relation to piers that didn't conform despite being build by so called professionals. My piers all had tied steel rods within them as per regulations. Old Home Restoration / Renovation Try your local council. They should be able to advise in regards ownership of next door dwellling and give advice as to what steps you have to take before doing any work 1 9787 I recently finished my house and after landscaping, have begun to plan a fence. To be honest its been a bit of an afterthought so I'm after some much needed advice. The… 0 631 We are about to commence a new build I and I’m reading about defects along the way. My question is should we employ a independent building inspector to come in and… 0 5198 |