Approved Plans For A House Missing – 5 Headings
If you are selling your house, and don’t have approved plans, you could find yourself in a lot of trouble.
Build a Pergola Like An Expert
How to Build Your Own Pergola This carefully designed, beautifully constructed wooden pergola looks rather grand and imposing. However, while it is certainly a relatively large-scale project, involving a fair amount of timber, there are no complicated joints, and you won’t need any specialised tools. You can simplify the project even further by buying ready-planed…
DIY Plumbing-What is Legal.
Plumbing Projects You Can Tackle Legally Do you know that almost all the municipalities now require a plumbing COC (Certificate of Compliance) before they will approve the sale of any house in their area? The question is what DIY plumbing work can you do yourself that is legal and will not affect your COC? Plumbing…
Landscaping Part 1
Landscaping Your Garden in Stages – Part 1 Picture Above: A bed of Iceberg standard roses with an Australian tufted violet groundcover filling the bed. It is not usually possible to incorporate all the plants, features or facilities into landscaping your garden when you first build a house. These are items that will normally be…
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TOOLS For Home Building
Below is a list of all tools and what they are used for in house construction Here is a list of common tools used in home construction along with brief descriptions of what they’re used for: Note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there are many other tools that can be used in…
A Garden Structure
A garden structure is not just a wendy house. I am just going to post a few pictures of things in the garden including a wooden shed or two so that you can get a few good ideas. Here is a small wooden shed that I built for a step-by-step book on garden structures. A…
Additions & Alterations | Building & Alterations | Building Plans | Garden structures | Minor Building Work | Owner Building
Minor Building Works
What is “Minor Building Work”? Whatever you construct on your property needs plans, unless it is defined as “minor building work”. Even so, the Act states very well in Part A: General Principles and Requirements (this was previously Part A: Administration), that any structural building work that is defined as “minor building work” requires approval…
Arches | Boundary Lines & Walls | Building & Alterations | Building Plans | Concrete & Masonry | Minor Building Work | Municipality | Walls and fences
Boundary Walls and Fences
Strategic Planning of Boundary Walls and Fences Boundary walls and fences are one of the most controversial topics facing homeowners. We are constantly contacted by people from all parts of South Africa who want advice – or have some sort of problem – relating to boundary walls and fences – often because neighbours have erected…
Concrete Slab
Concrete Slab Step-by-Step Whether you are casting concrete for foundation footings to support a simple timber structure, or for a solid slab that will form the floor of a garden building to be built from wood, the principles are exactly the same. Of course, if the concrete slab is to act as a foundation, it…
Additions & Alterations | Building | Garden structures | Minor Building Work | Owner Building | Swimming Pools
Why You Should Hire a Professional Pool Builder
Caption for pool above: Empty and cracked, the rock pool went from being a dream to a disaster. Conned by a Fly-by-Night Pool Builder Why you should use a pool contractor who belongs to the NSPI South Africa’s building industry is rife with problems, so whether you are building a house or a swimming pool,…
Building | Carport Book | Home Design Ideas | House building | Minor Building Work | National Building Regulations (SA)
Owner Builder Books on Building
EXCLUSIVE OFFER As an Owner Builder this Building a Carport the Easy Way does what it says with this book. This digital A4 ebook (PDF) with 64 pages is packed with full-color ideas and pictures including step-by-step instructions and sketch plans.How To Build a Carport the easy way will guide you through all stages of…
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Plans & Minor Building Work
You Don’t Need Plans for Minor Building Work … But you DO Need Permission to Build Anything you build on your property needs plans unless it is defined as “minor building work”. However, the Act states very clearly in Part A: General Principles and Requirements (this was previously Part A: Administration), that any structural building…
Boundary, Building Lines, Walls & Fences
How far from the boundary wall must I build? We get a number of questions asking “What are my building lines” and “How close to the boundary am I (or my neighbour) allowed to build?” The site plan above is a sample and is only a guide to the approximate building lines and distances that…