I have a question regarding the height requirements of weep holes.
Background information: We are at the final stages of our house build. It is a brick veneer home on a concrete waffle pod slab. Originally, we requested the step down to our portico to be reduced from 150 mm to 63 mm to match the garage. This was not reflected in our drawings but we spotted it before they had poured the slab. The builders solution was to just raise the height of the concrete in the portico area by boxing it up higher which they provided us with a building variation with.
Recently, whilst looking at options for flooring in the area I spotted that the DPC and weep holes are on the slab floor. This area is under the portico which is covered with 450 mm eaves around.
My understanding based on what I have read in the BCA (Referred to AS 3700) is as follows;
The height of the DPC or weep holes must not be less than 150 mm in areas where there is adjacent land (Soil etc...) to protect for ground movement. It can be reduced to 75 mm in areas where there is concrete/pavement that slope away from the wall. It can also be reduced further when protected by a carport etc...
It also states that in South Australia they can reduce the level to 0 mm if it is protected from weather by carport, verandah etc..
Unfortunately, our weep holes are at almost 0 mm above the finished floor level.
Does anyone know if this is an acceptable scenario? I don't have access to AS 3700 but I am hoping there is a clause in there that allows this. Otherwise, we are going to have to get it rectified. More delays
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Thanks in advance.