Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Digging under house slab 8Jun 10, 2019 12:42 pm 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: Digging under house slab 9Jun 10, 2019 9:24 pm building-expert You will need a building permit if your pool holds more than 300mm of water, it will be deemed a child drowning risk and pool fencing will be required. Not if its a 'natural pool', it can be classified as a pond and the rules are grey. 300mm Rule only applies to pools and spas apparently. Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16103 4 5099 To me, that's what it looks like: poor backfilling and/or compaction. The width is about 1000mm maybe. That conduit in the photo is for the NBN. The water is about… 4 8036 |