Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Retaining walls on new build- Kdr cdc Nsw sydney 5Jul 22, 2015 10:05 am vivmak KnockItDown, your post is an inspiration mate Cheers thanks. Hope my contribution to this forum helps a few people along the way. Re: Retaining walls on new build- Kdr cdc Nsw sydney 6Jul 23, 2015 12:25 am Hi Knockitdown- thank you very much for your extensive post. I read your thread- amazing work you did with your landscaping. The side retaining wall is what we'd want. I spoke to a guy in a new build - across from our preschool- who had a retaining wall like yours- t definitely seems doable by Us and several helpers. Since I posted- we've had some more thorough advice from the builder. So we're a bit clearer on all that. I was relieved to hear that they don't cut right next to the fence but cut a little bit away from the fence- which helped stop me worrying about the soil being washed away, before the retaining wall was in. I think we'll be diy plodders, so won't do it till after. I also took inspiration from your garden bed- we have bush rock on existing beds. It might be too much effort to save though. But, your advice has helped greatly too. Re: Retaining walls on new build- Kdr cdc Nsw sydney 7Jul 23, 2015 6:47 am In our case the builder has us asked to remove fence with neighbours while they build the garage area and that is where the retaining wall going to come. I would imagine we will have to do work after the builder has completed garage side area. 23/06/2014 - Paid deposit 21/07/2014 - ordered the survey and tender 13/08/2014 - soils test sample taken 14/08/2014 - survey done today 30/08/2014 - Pre-color consultant aptmnt Re: Retaining walls on new build- Kdr cdc Nsw sydney 8Jul 25, 2015 6:12 pm No probs Zarinafly, I'm glad my post was helpful. Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8454 you need to make an application to your local council for this as they are the approval authority for driveways cheers Simeon 1 7093 |