General guidance only — all construction work must be overseen by a supervising engineer This handbook is compiled from standards and laws with every source cited, andis being reviewed for certification by engineers Use it to know what to look at, what to ask and what evidence to request on site It is not an engineering determination and can't replace an engineer · Terms of use · Limitations of the handbook

Before construction and preparing the land

Floor level, land filling and flooding

Page code P40 · 59 inspection criteria · 3 illustrations

Many people believe the law already sets how much higher the house floor must be than the road. The figures quoted are 10 centimetres above the footpath and 25 centimetres above the road centre line. Those two figures really exist in the Ministerial Regulation, but the paragraph they're in begins with “Prohib…

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The figures 10 and 25 centimetres — real, but not for detached houses
Why this is the most irreversible decision in the whole house
Find the highest flood level ever recorded — an afternoon's work nobody else will do for you
Four levels to put on one sheet of paper before deciding
Filling land — what soil, how to fill it and when
Water flowing onto your neighbour's land — a problem that starts in the first month and lasts twenty years
How to get your own local bylaws — works in every province
Documents and photos you must get from setting levels and filling land

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