Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Is concrete around the house required? 2Feb 16, 2011 4:50 am 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: Is concrete around the house required? 9Feb 16, 2011 3:07 pm Helyn This is standard practice in SA, especially with brick houses -I thought was to reduce cracking too. I guess thats why its not so neccesary on weather board houses. We have 1m perimeter paths around all our house - was included in house/land package anyway. +1 we are as well. We are on clay, on an acre and it will help with the mud being right up against the house in winter (I hope.) Re: Is concrete around the house required? 10Feb 19, 2011 2:03 pm found this from csiro website Foundation Maintenance and Footing Performance: A Homeowner's Guide http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/3612.htm free to download.. Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: Is concrete around the house required? 12Feb 21, 2011 7:27 pm airly Hi, I just signed my building contract today, have been told that due to the soil type (Clay) of my land, I should put concrete around the house to ensure the soil under slab won't be washed away (by rain ... etc) Can anyone tell me whether it is common practice to do so? Thanks We've been told the same thing ... we've also been told not to have gardens/rock beds up against the house due to poor draining soil (clay). Whether we had to or not, we were going to have a path around the perimeter of the home out to the eave - so a 1/2 metre concrete path all around the house. We paved around the perimeter of our old place, but this time we'll concrete. It's great if you want to get around the house without getting wet feet when it's been raining, a good path for the kids to ride their scooters/bikes and the dog loves it when the grass is wet as she's a princess and doesn't appreciate wet paws. ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: Is concrete around the house required? 13May 27, 2011 10:25 pm Is it common practice to concrete around the alfresco, when it is a part of the house slab? I would like to deck my alfresco concrete but am thinking converting around the alfresco will make the decking look not as appealing? Re: Is concrete around the house required? 14May 28, 2011 8:55 am B STAR Actually this opposite to what builders preach. It is often understood that landscaping is best around the house to prevent the ground from under the slab to dry out. I am going to have to take back what I said. The comment are accurate with raft slabs however for waffle slabs they prefer concrete around the slab to prevent erosion as the slab is just siting on ground level. Re: Is concrete around the house required? 18Mar 07, 2018 9:30 am draco76 found this from csiro website Foundation Maintenance and Footing Performance: A Homeowner's Guide http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/3612.htm free to download.. Do not use this guide it is extremely outdated and the fall levels on concrete are now incorrect. Unfortunately it appears many volume builders give this Foundation Maintenance guide to homeowners even though it is now incorrect. It was written before the BCA. The writer of the CSIRO document has said stick with the National Construction Code. https://www.abcb.gov.au/Resources/Publi ... th-the-NCC Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 8390 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. Raising the concrete would… 1 7020 Thanks for the photos. You need to know whether the inflow or the overflow pipe is leaking and this is a simple process of elimination. INFLOW: The vertical riser… 4 4658 |