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I am about to begin diy building retaining wall to hold some soil in the back yard and then on the front yard as well. I initally planned to…

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Based in Victoria, I am going to build a 600mm high retaining wall in my backyard. The retaining wall will hold soil for a raised garden. The questions are;
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thanks for the advice. I tried but couldnt get much info from them.

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I realised over the weekend when cleaning the backyard that a wire is disconnected from the Rheem Solar hot water system. This wire was supposed to be connected to…

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I really don't have budget for concreting my house perimeter, what other cheap and reliable options I can go for?
Is there a DIY solution? I would need some pointers to…

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Attention to drainage??? What do you mean by that? At the moment there's no problem with drainage just that at one spot a water puddle appears everyone…

It was a brand-new house but was build by someone else.
In the diagram I posted there's a dashed line going from front of the house to the top of where…

I have no idea. How can I find that?
This is a new estate and at my backyard there is an easement.

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My land is on a lower side while my backyard neighbour has an elevated level.
There is a pile of soil in my backyard (50-60cm cm high) which needs to…

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Any updates on this case?

This is a new house 6 months old....and all the window and door architraves has this...so I thought they have missed something somewhere

Architrave with a separation line at the joins....what does it mean? What exactly was missing so all the architraves at home has this problem?

Thanks. Got it on sec 8.06:

Many thanks....I am in VIC

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Do you know from where in the building standards I can get a text to quote to the builder?
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What is the standard around painting door edges. All the door edges in my home are very rough...looks like no paint/primer (whatever is applied to smooth the surface) was applied…

Not sure about both of your questions. It's a new build and I never went into the roof area ...but will check it

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I have a bathroom adjacent to a powder room. When I turn on exhaust fan in the bathroom the powder room exhaust (turned off) runs in opposite direction and push…

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I bought this brand new house recently and have no idea on where to start from. I didn't hire an inspection service prior to the purchase considering…

I am not sure about that. But from inside the house the floor boards at the base of this wall are wider cuttings at A (* internally) and becomes narrower…

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One wall in my house deviates from the actual edge on the slab (where it should have been laid) . This is a 9m long wall that deviates almost 3…

No. It's a raised surface....you can feel a bump on rubbing your hand against it

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Understood. So this raised (photo on the initial post) surface can be a candidate to fight a warranty on?
Do you think its a building settlement issue...don't know if it is…

Is there an Australian standard code which I can quote to the builder for missing sill flap and short sill flap?

Mate, many thanks for taking interest in responding to my query. You are a hero!
Assuming, caulking is just a bandaid solution here? Also the holes…

I just noticed two of the windout windows do not have a rubber flap at the bottom

Do you think I should cover the holes with some sort of silicon or something?
Our 6 months warranty inspection is due in May 2019....is it a good idea to raise…