Thanks Chris for the comment. Will follow up with the builder and also keep monitoring the state of that extension for any major deterioration.

thanks for the comments.
I should have listened to my gut earlier to engage a building inspector, especially during slab stage. I had done a lot of research on the…

Hi Chris,
You were right. Dropped footing would have been the better option.
Unfortunately I had actually been swayed to use the brick over limestone option during design stage and now…

We’re at bricklaying stage now and I noticed a bit of new concrete being poured along side the existing slab, which wasn't there the previous week. It seems as if…

How old is the house? Are the drainage pipes made of steel? A friend of mine experienced something similar in his 1970-80s home in WA and it was due to…

Hi StructuralBIMGuy, thanks for the info.
Yep, our designer actually was on site a few times when designing the house.
Sorry, just have to add, there is no existing limestone retaining there…

Has anyone got experience with building with bricks (directly) on top of limestone retaining? So bricks are not behind the limestone retaining wall they're literally on top of it.
The land…