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4 d4 dSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Designing, Building & Developing a Luxury home in Lindfield

Any thoughts about utilising the roof area? Do the height limits allow it?

6 d6 dSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Designing, Building & Developing a Luxury home in Lindfield

Do you envisage any issues with the neighbour's tree in consideration of it being a multi storey development?

12 d12 dSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Tradie charges to fix his mistake

Of interest, how high is the retaining wall?

14 d14 dSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
flooding at side of house after rain

The bottom of the downpipe has been taped (see the black tape) to seal the necessary gap between the downpipe and the adaptor that would normally prevent the downpipe from…

29 d29 dSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Rainheads

The rainhead's overflow lip at the front has to be a minimum 25mm below the gutter's discharge sole. Hard to tell from the photo if it complies but it looks…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Acrylic garage doors? Anyone?

It's a classic example of aesthetics subjugating function where style usurps precedence over practicality.

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Fixing gutter capacity issue around patio

This is a very challenging situation, made much harder by not being on site.

Firstly, I think that I originally overestimated the % coverage of the additional roof areas to…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Charged Rainwater System Design

Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below.
viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Fixing gutter capacity issue around patio

Unfortunately, you are correct.
Paradoxically, a lot of emergency overflow solutions discharge to atmosphere whereas the Gutter Pumper diverts water.
WA gutters are sometimes fitted with small side spouts colloquially…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Water-proofing and liquidated damages

It is important to note that while the National Construction Code (NCC) provides minimum guidelines and standards, it does not explicitly mandate following manufacturers’ guides/instructions as this provision was deleted…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Blue gum trees

A 20 year old Adelaide woman died today after the gum tree she was resting under dropped a branch.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/adela ... 2712fe3d19

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Fixing gutter capacity issue around patio

I'll comment further on the above.
The contractor is either an idiot or an unethical opportunist!
Water doesn't fall down a downpipe, it flows down the walls but an adaptor's flow transition…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Fixing gutter capacity issue around patio

Thank you for the added information and for adding the downpipes to the photo.
I'll give a summary before I give course of action recommendations.
Roof drainage regulations
Victoria has a variation…

1 month1 monthSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Fixing gutter capacity issue around patio

I need the answer to a few questions before I can give some advice.
I take it that the only gutters that overflow are those servicing the patio roof.
I notice vegetation…

2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Cooker now power after boil over

You don't have a warranty?
What country are you in?

2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Slim line water tank and strange pipes

The downpipe just around the cormer is weird as it is connected to another downpipe by plumbing that downpipe across the wall and around the corner. The downpipe around the…

Slim line water tank and strange pipes
2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Slim line water tank and strange pipes

You have changed the numbers on a couple of the pipes.
Just dig at the base of the 3 pipes near the corner to see where they connect.
I also see that…

2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Slim line water tank and strange pipes

Pipe 1 is a vertical riser.
A vertical riser rises from a subsurface pipe that is supplied by one or more remote downpipes.
You have a downpipe just around the…

2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Rainwater tank issues

Waiting.....:-?
Information asked for is required before a full answer can be given. There are also other design issues that the owner is most probably not aware…

Rainwater tank issues
2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Rainwater tank issues

Thanks for the photos.
Your first two photos show a 'dry' system pipe that discharges into the meshed basket at the top of the tank. This downpipe should not be overflowing.…

Rainwater tank issues
2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Rainwater tank issues

Just when you think you have heard of everything.....:roll:
Unfortunately, plumbers have no formal training in rainwater harvesting and numerous bad installation practices are endemic.
I…

2 months2 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
What tree is this?

Plus having leaves block the gutter.

3 months3 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Our Builder used bad timber for the fram

Life, in its capricious dance, doth not alway unfold with even measure. To proclaim its injustice doth imply an expectation of fairness, a notion that may render one in the…

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3 months3 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Back-flow Prevention Valve ?

Good luck with it.
I don't know what the cost of a nice bidet seat with a 25mm air gap will be but you are obviously deducting the cost of…

3 months3 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Back-flow Prevention Valve ?

I can't recommend anything, sorry, because I have nothing to do with bidets apart from advising people I talk to that their bidet isn't compliant when I see they have…

3 months3 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Back-flow Prevention Valve ?

A RPZ valve is larger than a standard DC valve due to it having the backflow discharge facility. A RPZ valve is also mandated to have annual inspections.
Maybe you could…

3 months3 monthsSaveH2OSaveH2O posted:
Back-flow Prevention Valve ?

You are apparently intending to do ILLEGAL DIY plumbing work
Here are the facts:
What you are (apparently) intending to (wrongly and illegally) do is regulated plumbing work that must be done…

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