Browse Forums Building A New House Re: show me your retaining wall 4Apr 20, 2012 12:24 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 5Apr 20, 2012 12:43 pm For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: show me your retaining wall 7Apr 20, 2012 2:32 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 10Apr 20, 2012 2:51 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 12Apr 20, 2012 3:17 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 14Apr 20, 2012 3:42 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 17Apr 20, 2012 4:07 pm Good luck with that secur_ed I've had enough already with retaining walls LOL. I need to do retaining walls at my place in a couple of months but luckily they are not as bad as these...I have respect for the guys who do this for a living. Block settled - 08/08/2011 Site scraped - 09/12/2011 Slab - 19/01/2012 Frames - 13/02/2012 Roof - 01/03/2012 Bricks - 19/03/2012 Lock-up - 19/04/2012 Hand over - 05/06/2012 Re: show me your retaining wall 18Apr 20, 2012 4:15 pm Sebba1 I have respect for the guys who do this for a living. same here Sebba1 - we are pretty handy but I wouldn't even think to try doing the job. We have a lot of rock on the property - e.g. had 4 trucks of rock removed from the digging - that's after we advertised it for people to come and take as much as they want for free. We probably got rid of 2 trucks that way Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: show me your retaining wall 19Apr 20, 2012 7:39 pm ours are a bit like Bagheera's and were done in 3 stages. the newest is around a year old. at a guess. I'll find some before and after pics from my blog.' as you can see from the nearmap view we have a lot of retaining walls' Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ last lot done. Feb 2011 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K6fYFPGijK0/TU3ILZnP92I/AAAAAAAABDM/UowmlFBfwbQ/s320/wall+final+008.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Earlier walls Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2009 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: show me your retaining wall 20Apr 21, 2012 9:56 am Thanks everyone for this thread, useful info and the photos! We will also have two retaining walls (one about 3-4 metres sloping from garage to street and the other 6-7 metres in our yard) so I am very interested in learning more. We plans to use bricks (the same bricks as house) laid on cement footings. I think. The builder's SS did say off the cuff the other day around $1K for each lineal metre (for the footings, bricks, ag line behind etc.) No idea if that is expensive, but one thing I am learning about retaining walls: they are not cheap! T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi everyone, a contractor build a "retaining wall" for me and after 3 months there was a crack. They "repaired" the crack by adding an expansion joint where the crack… 0 2324 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 6766 Not sure what council area you are in. Some LGA's allow zero lot retaining walls. This usually occurs in greenfield developments but not often in established areas. You… 1 8939 |