
Surface Drain
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Working on my front yard, I found out the surface Drain PVC pipe is just a 1m 90mm pvc pipe connected with the 100mm PVC at the base using…

Retaining wall - treated pine sleeper length
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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…

Retaining wall 600mm high close to boundry
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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;
1.…

Rheem Water Heater - Disconnected wire...
thanks for the advice. I tried but couldnt get much info from them.

Rheem Water Heater - Disconnected wire...
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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…

House perimeter concrete or gravel or something else?
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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…

Retaining wall responsibility
Thanks for the feedback.
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…

Retaining wall responsibility
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…

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

Retaining wall responsibility
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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…

Gap at the architrave joins
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

Gap at the architrave joins
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?

Paint Standard - Door Edges
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Do you know from where in the building standards I can get a text to quote to the builder?
Thanks

Paint Standard - Door Edges
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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…

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

Exhaust fan
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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…

Wall deviation
Thanks for your response.
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…

Wall deviation
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…

Wall deviation
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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…

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

Raised surface at the corner
Thanks.
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…

Hole left open at windows bottom
Is there an Australian standard code which I can quote to the builder for missing sill flap and short sill flap?

Hole left open at windows bottom
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…

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