Browse Forums General Discussion Re: New house land/slab drainage? 5Sep 10, 2023 8:10 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: New house land/slab drainage? 7Sep 11, 2023 11:54 am 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: New house land/slab drainage? 10Sep 11, 2023 12:43 pm alexp79 They usually never put it on the plans per se, however, in the notes the plans usually say that builder has to provide drainage to the site if necessary. What type of soil you are on? Thanks for the reply. The soil is sandy, located in cranbourne, vic. I think it mentions grading of soil around the house , the builders only partially did that. The back corner has pooling water. My main concern is slab heave. The geofabric under the rock garden should be okay with drainage hopefully. Re: New house land/slab drainage? 11Sep 11, 2023 2:42 pm The powers that be changed the drainage provisions when it transitioned the NCC Part 2 2019 to the 2022 edition. If you send me an email address, I will send you both the 2019 and 2022 versions of the NCC Part 2. As far as the pooling goes, take dated photos. 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: New house land/slab drainage? 12Sep 11, 2023 6:13 pm SaveH2O The powers that be changed the drainage provisions when it transitioned the NCC Part 2 2019 to the 2022 edition. If you send me an email address, I will send you both the 2019 and 2022 versions of the NCC Part 2. As far as the pooling goes, take dated photos. All good, got the new NCC 👌 thanks for the offer though. Got the building inspections reports with photos through the stages of the build so should be fine. Also mentioned in the report. Thanks for your input Re: New house land/slab drainage? 13Sep 13, 2023 7:03 pm Froth alexp79 They usually never put it on the plans per se, however, in the notes the plans usually say that builder has to provide drainage to the site if necessary. What type of soil you are on? Thanks for the reply. The soil is sandy, located in cranbourne, vic. I think it mentions grading of soil around the house , the builders only partially did that. The back corner has pooling water. My main concern is slab heave. The geofabric under the rock garden should be okay with drainage hopefully. Cranbourne has highly reactive soils as well and a history of cracked houses so I would be careful depending where you are in Cranbourne. Re: New house land/slab drainage? 14Sep 14, 2023 1:16 pm groundzero Froth alexp79 They usually never put it on the plans per se, however, in the notes the plans usually say that builder has to provide drainage to the site if necessary. What type of soil you are on? Thanks for the reply. The soil is sandy, located in cranbourne, vic. I think it mentions grading of soil around the house , the builders only partially did that. The back corner has pooling water. My main concern is slab heave. The geofabric under the rock garden should be okay with drainage hopefully. Cranbourne has highly reactive soils as well and a history of cracked houses so I would be careful depending where you are in Cranbourne. Thanks for the heads up mate, greatly appreciated 👍 2 6183 I would find out how deep your clay base is and depending on the depth install a cut off drain which is more than a normal agi drain. Where the neighbouring walls is… 2 3276 Building Standards; Getting It Right! It's all good. You can get both wye piece and the coupling with or without thread. The cost difference is negligible and means the plumber only has to carry the single… 1 5146 |