Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 2Jul 04, 2017 7:30 pm Council are so helpful. Storm water is owner responsibility to Install. Many older houses did not have storm water esp from back of house. I've been through this as well and used pro storm water company to install. Cheers Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 3Jul 04, 2017 8:07 pm buildingnanna Council are so helpful. Storm water is owner responsibility to Install. Many older houses did not have storm water esp from back of house. I've been through this as well and used pro storm water company to install. Cheers Hi buildingnanna, thanks for reply. Could you pass on details of pros you hired? And how much roughly does that cost you? Cheers Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 4Jul 04, 2017 9:29 pm It really depends on what your council allows and often how big you are going to build. The following link has some more information Stormwater The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 5Jul 04, 2017 9:41 pm bashworth It really depends on what your council allows and often how big you are going to build. The following link has some more information Stormwater Hi bashworth, thanks for the link. The soakage pits is the solution my builder proposed at the moment. They told me that discharging to the kerb is too difficult due to insufficient fall on my block which is barely 100mm from back to front. By the way I am in Melbourne. Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 6Jul 04, 2017 9:45 pm 9528 buildingnanna Council are so helpful. Storm water is owner responsibility to Install. Many older houses did not have storm water esp from back of house. I've been through this as well and used pro storm water company to install. Cheers Hi buildingnanna, thanks for reply. Could you pass on details of pros you hired? And how much roughly does that cost you? Cheers Was about 1200 I think modbury stormwater Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 7Jul 04, 2017 10:13 pm buildingnanna 9528 buildingnanna Council are so helpful. Storm water is owner responsibility to Install. Many older houses did not have storm water esp from back of house. I've been through this as well and used pro storm water company to install. Cheers Hi buildingnanna, thanks for reply. Could you pass on details of pros you hired? And how much roughly does that cost you? Cheers Was about 1200 I think modbury stormwater Thanks a lot. Did you install soakage pits or discharge to the kerb? Re: Storm water Legal point of discharge 8Jul 05, 2017 11:02 am Discharge to street we have recycling water storage purple tap system fabulous Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi All, We have a fall from road to garage front. But we cannot put a drain/grate because no discharge point put by the builder. Now they complain not enough space for… 0 9224 Hello I am developing 2 side by side units. Wish someone can help me on the following questions 1) Which stage should be the storm water pipe installed during the new… 0 7776 If you need to be able to access these then you may need to dig them out and cut them so you can add a socket and a riser to the required height. We normally add a… 1 6812 |