Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 7Oct 04, 2018 9:09 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 9Oct 04, 2018 10:10 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 13Oct 10, 2018 11:49 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 15Oct 11, 2018 2:27 pm owner406 I feel the initial plans/reports from the engineer are incorrect. There is no retaining wall in the plans. Both homes are built by the same company. The adjacent home began construction before ours and has had additional fill to the site. The neighbour has agreed to the rectifications on their property, that is not an issue. If the height difference is the result of the fill to the neighbours site, then the builder should have built a retaining wall on the neighbour's side at the time of construction and this should have been on their plans. I assume that the builder will be paying for the wall on the neighbour's property and it is your best possible result. You possibly/probably should have waterproofing on the garage wall and the surface between the retaining wall and the brick wall finished so that it doesn't pool water. Waterproofing is covered in the NCC which can be downloaded free of charge. Because of narrow blocks and/or houses now often built on the boundary, many property owners now face the situation where there is a narrow gap between a retaining wall and the structure as I have previously mentioned. Those constructions are invariably passed as compliant but inspection of the narrow gap can be very difficult as you have realised. At least you appear to have a good relationship with your neighbour. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 16Oct 17, 2018 7:20 pm SaveH2O owner406 I feel the initial plans/reports from the engineer are incorrect. There is no retaining wall in the plans. Both homes are built by the same company. The adjacent home began construction before ours and has had additional fill to the site. The neighbour has agreed to the rectifications on their property, that is not an issue. If the height difference is the result of the fill to the neighbours site, then the builder should have built a retaining wall on the neighbour's side at the time of construction and this should have been on their plans. I assume that the builder will be paying for the wall on the neighbour's property and it is your best possible result. You possibly/probably should have waterproofing on the garage wall and the surface between the retaining wall and the brick wall finished so that it doesn't pool water. Waterproofing is covered in the NCC which can be downloaded free of charge. Because of narrow blocks and/or houses now often built on the boundary, many property owners now face the situation where there is a narrow gap between a retaining wall and the structure as I have previously mentioned. Those constructions are invariably passed as compliant but inspection of the narrow gap can be very difficult as you have realised. At least you appear to have a good relationship with your neighbour. Yes the neighbours are very nice, I hope for our sake they stay in the home as long as we do. As I suspect also, their site was filled higher than what was expected and the builder has not retained this. So if by saying this to the adjacent home owner, they could just be accepting what should have been done it the first place. I find it strange that the builder has taken it on themselves to construct this retaining wall, when they have continually denied there is a surface drainage defect. Also the building surveyor says there is no defect so, they aren’t actually required to do anything. I have engaged the services of an Independent Engineer to assess the initial engineers plans and prepare a report of the rectifications. We will also push for the wall to be waterproofed and for the building company to monitor the ag drain and spoon drain which will run along the house. No one I have spoken to, aside from our Independent Building Inspector, thinks that we will get a different outcome by going further in the process, eg construction lawyer, domestic building disputes, VCAT. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 18Oct 17, 2018 10:04 pm It's a wise move to engage an engineer to look at the plans, will the neighbours also make their plans available to your engineer? Re the building surveyor and the legislative change on 1 September 2016, if you did sign the contract after this date, the Building Surveyor should be reporting to you. Has this been happening? The builder is not allowed to act as your agent in appoimting the Building Surveyor. I am assuming that the neighbours signed their contract prior to 1 September 2016. Do you know whether the same building surveyor oversaw both constructions? 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 19Oct 18, 2018 7:49 pm SaveH2O It's a wise move to engage an engineer to look at the plans, will the neighbours also make their plans available to your engineer? Re the building surveyor and the legislative change on 1 September 2016, if you did sign the contract after this date, the Building Surveyor should be reporting to you. Has this been happening? The builder is not allowed to act as your agent in appoimting the Building Surveyor. I am assuming that the neighbours signed their contract prior to 1 September 2016. Do you know whether the same building surveyor oversaw both constructions? I know the same Building Surveyoring Company would be doing the 2 houses. I can’t at this stage be sure of the individual. Is the issue around the appointment of the Building Surveyor, and the passing of the defective work an issue of conduct that I could take to the VBA? Thank you for taking the time to offer input into this issue. Re: Zero Boundary - Drainage 20Oct 18, 2018 10:44 pm If your contract was signed after 1 September 2016, the builder has acted illegally as your agent. Given that the builder has initiated action to construct the retaining wall on the neighbour's property where it should have been constructed at the start because of the fill, the attitude of the Building Surveyor is probably more of academic interest only now but the engineer's report will be interesting. You need to wait on this. I hope that they sort out the drainage and waterproofing to satisfaction so you can focus on relations remaining amicable with the builder. The neighbours almost certainly would not have been aware that there needed to be a retaining wall on their property. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. You must be new to the internet. You're also the only person anyone here has ever heard of washing their garage wall. I hate to break it to you, there are insects and… 6 4798 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 9970 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 16176 |