Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Drainage issues - don't know where to start 6Jun 30, 2019 11:29 am Surface waterlogging and sodic soil is a real bad combination. Do you know the height of your water table? 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: Drainage issues - don't know where to start 7Jun 30, 2019 11:50 am So sorry to hear about all these problems. It's he last thing you want in retirement. You are required to "landscape" water away from the house, so don't fear being held liable for slab heave if you comply with this requirement; your problem is though it will accumulate away from the house and still flood. You should find out the name of the certifier that visited with the builder and contact them. It seems like the builder may be unable to get a final certificate. You can still keep records even if your builder won't respond to emails (which he fears legal problems). Keep a diary and your own written 'record of conversation' with detail of the time of call, who you spoke to, what you said and what they said. If this goes to court or arbitration I believe that diary is evidence. If you've got non-competent ground you can improve it with a layer of geotextile fabric, then a layer of crushed rock, then a layer of roadbase for say a driveway. A layer of roadbase on top of the mud is just going to sink. Check with all your neighbors how and where they drain stormwater. When you say swamp, is that just your block or the entire area? The only other advice I can offer is don't let this go. You have a non-compliant building problem with no simple solution. Everyone is going to try to wash their hands of it. Be tenacious and push for action. The builder is only going to give a bandaid fix if pushed. Don't wait for people to get back to you (you mentioned above that you haven't had a response yet), chase them up. Your problem is one of two things. One, the council is liable for approving a development with no drainage provision (most likely), or two, the builder did not grade and maintain drainage away from the building envelope (less likely as there seems nowhere to achieve this). Need more photos from around the house including your gutters. We have had 3 of the wettest years in a row for some time so that wouldn't be helping 3 6955 Hi there everyone i was hoping to get some details and some clarification on some potential defects that may have occurred our recent bathroom renovation. 1. There seems… 0 6973 Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 12288 |