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I found this on the Western Water website but I still don't fully understand what the best thing to do is.
Our sewer pipes (150mm diameter) are 5.5m deep and…

Hi,
Thank you, we will do. We are with Western Water, so I will give them another call just to be sure.
EDIT: I found the relevant information on the Western Water…

We're based in Victoria, Western suburbs.

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We have an easement at the back of our property which is 4.6m from the fence.
A sewer line runs through the easement (the sewer pipe is just over 5m deep).
We…

The weep holes are 150mm above the ground.
Yes, I thought that the path would have to pool water to drain, however, the path is sloped so it won’t pool water.

Yes, the drainage doesn’t make sense to me either!

My friend is renting a property and it has a path, as illustrated, right around the house.

The path is not made of concrete but rather some sort of crushed rock…

It's a complete, time-wasting joke.

I know. Sad but true.

I have already spoken to Mark. There's a lot of weigh up at the moment. Thank you.

I don't hold my breath when it comes to anything related to the VBA. I've never dealt with a more incompetent regulatory body. I'm aware they won't do…

At present the RBS is ignoring me!

I think I read that you can only make a claim against an unlicensed plumber within three years (it's been longer than three years).
Isn't the builder responsible for the RBS?…

Hi,
I have a drainage question, please, which relates to our shed (please see diagram below):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_T9IyT2dzLgZvR7BiSj9d9vNX-SXtuJP/view?usp=sharing
Our shed is roughly 16m x 10.5m.
We will soon be installing three water tanks at the…

We are the second owners of our property.
The previous owners engaged an unlicensed plumber to connect the home stormwater to the water tank (so there is no compliance certificate).
This work…

The plan relating to sub-surface drainage is just a generic plan (it is not site-specific). I don't believe there is any sub-surface drainage around our house.

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Thanks.
So is the cut and fill something they use just under the house to level it before they pour the slab?
The block is on a slope (it slopes down from…

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Could someone please explain to me what this cut/fill line across our house means?
Thanks.

Ours looks nothing like that. There is just soil around the house and it looks like it's at a very slight slope. But it is certainly not compacted…

Thanks for that.
Is there anyway we can find out if the builder graded the land away from the slab correctly during construction? ie. right angle and fill-type etc? The…

Thank you -it does.

Hi Alex,
Thanks for that info.
Yes, I agree with the drainage.
Is builder's film some sort of plastic?

Hi Chris,
Does any sort of guideline state that temporary downpipes are required on reactive soils?
Our engineer plans don't mention temporary downpipes.
Given that we are in lockdown for likely the rest…

I've heard that the perimeter around the house should not be backfilled, it must be graded away from the house. Backfilling to create a slope away from the house…

Could someone please help me understand a few things?
1. I’ve read that temporary downpipes should be installed as soon as the roof is up. Is there some law…

Does a low inlet valve mean that water would enter the tank via a valve toward the bottom of the tank, instead of via a vertical riser that feeds to…

It was a volume builder.

It's all good.
That information is very helpful and it makes sense. Thanks.

Ok, thanks, I will try to work out the roof area.
I requested all the Compliance Certificates associated with our property from the VBA quite some time ago. Still haven't…