Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Wrong ceiling height - rectification and appropriate com 6Apr 28, 2023 10:48 am Imagine that you have specified 2700 ceilings and your builder made 2400 instead. It would not be the end of the world because only you would know about this problem. In your case, however, we are talking about 2100 which is a huge difference. Think about selling this house any time in the future, its value will be much lower because it will have a visible problem in one of its rooms. Re: Wrong ceiling height - rectification and appropriate com 7Apr 28, 2023 11:17 am kvazer Imagine that you have specified 2700 ceilings and your builder made 2400 instead. It would not be the end of the world because only you would know about this problem. it would be, if that was one of the main features you wanted in a house. taller ceilings are one of the major selling points that increase the value of the house, the builder would basically rob you of significant chunk of money down the track. Re: Wrong ceiling height - rectification and appropriate com 8Apr 28, 2023 12:14 pm Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan / contract / BCA (yep that pesky little book) 2. Develop a Performance Based Solution 'PBS' (Fire Engineer) addressing save evac of that room/area in the case of a fire. Either option is going to cause a delay and trigger further LD's (liquidated damages) If you proceed with option 2, first you need to confirm the building certifier can, and will accept a PBS. Your builder should be dealing with this as it's his problem! However make sure, you make it perfectly clear you MUST be kept informed of what is discussed and proposed. If you do go down the track of Option 2 you need to discuss with the builder how he is going to off-set the stuff up. At that height "don't accept ceiling fans"! We are Expert Consultant's, and we are here to help. i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16255 What is that product they have used? Also, do they know what is causing it and why won't they take down the current sheets? 2 480 2 31578 |