Browse Forums Building A New House Re: themax build - little update! 1746Jul 16, 2011 10:55 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ...more drainage...the start of one side of the house. The retaining wall is next but the drainage needs to go in first. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ new fence almost ready for me to plant in front of it.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We had the rest of the blinds installed yaaayyy..... www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: themax build - little update! 1747Jul 17, 2011 12:25 am Nice work, tm!! Love the blinds!! I think these are very practical when you want to control the light and privacy (we have some of these, same as yours , the rest is of course not finished ). BTW, never thought that your site would be needing drainage! let alone retaining walls? Or maybe it's for some new garden beds? Oh hang on, is that a drainage pit at the front?? Ummmh, on a second look, it does look like there is a tiny difference in levels - is your neighbour higher than you in the area where the garbage bins are? BTW 2, what is that shallow orangey cable on 1st pic going along the fence and then turning into your house? And that bright orange conduit at the house wall? Ahhh, too many questions ... ... Have a great Sunday My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: themax build - little update! 1748Jul 17, 2011 7:44 am Great to see those famous front window blinds, TM . Are you happy with them, afterall ? How did the rest of the installation go ? never ending ? Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: themax build - little update! 1750Jul 17, 2011 10:27 am Thanks lovelies, glad you like the blinds. I am very happy with the white timber, I love the feeling it gives a soft restful aaahhhhhh. Even the installer said hel liked them so much he was now re-thinking his own house Southies I am in raptures about the blinds and the installation, thank you so much for the referral. I would not call anyone else in the future. Fabulous. The installation was suprisingly fast and of course the best thing was that I could have ONE continous blind on the bigger windows, which is what I wanted, as opposed to 3 as I was told by another company Thanks suh, yes the plumbers are the neatest plumbers I have ever seen. They are known to us through my stepson so maybe they are being extra neat but I don't think so, I think that is just the way they work. It's such a lovely change Lex, drainage, well, you might (or might not) remember the $20 grand pit on the other side of the house (yes I did say GRAND), I remember justcamping calls it a "trip to Paris" (referring to the cost) as she had to have one also. So I guess you could say this little exercise is a "trip to Fiji, maybe New Zealand?" They did cut the block quite low, lower than anticipated I think so it needs a small, very small, retaining wall but it is required. There is flooding and pooling on that side of the house also, it is the higher side of the block but lower to the house on that side .It comes flooding from that side when it rains heavily. There is a lot of clay and we don't want it to pool against the house eventually causing damp in the bricks etc..so ...drainage it has to be. The level drop that you see there is tiny compared to the front of the house, you can sort of get an idea under the new fence in the photo. It actually goes level in the backyard, low in the middle of the block beside the house and high towards the street. The orange conduit is for outdoor lighting, whenever that will be installed I have no idea the bit you can see on top of the bricks is a spare just sitting there www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: themax build - little update! 1751Jul 17, 2011 1:34 pm Quote: Southies I am in raptures about the blinds and the installation, thank you so much for the referral. I Edit : grammatical correction Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: themax build - little update! 1752Jul 17, 2011 4:19 pm I had no idea about the 'trip to Paris'!!! Geez ... or maybe I forgot about it ... Anyway, but I know all about pooling .. hopefully our landscaping cut will prevent pooling issues in the future (I need big rains to test ). We had a little hill (both natural and built up 'builders rubble' soil) between our cut section (and the slab in that area) and the kerb. After cutting down that little hill, we suddenly have a smooth downhill run almost right from the slab all the way to the kerb! Shocking, because it was so hard to see that we'd actually have a natural fall because of all the old natural levels (all being high). Anyway, I hope your current works will solve the pooling issue. If a cut is not possible, then the only option is the ret. wall I think. Are you going to discharge the drainage pipes from behind the wall into the 'ticket to Paris' ?? (since you obviously can't go uphill to the street stormwater) My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: themax build - little update! 1753Jul 25, 2011 10:58 am Not sure what you mean Lex? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Feature here. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: themax build - little update! 1754Jul 25, 2011 12:39 pm Oh, looks wonderful! What is the feature that you will have, a mini garden bed?? Which blocks are you using? I can't believe how much higher that other yard is ... Oh, and where is the ag pipe, is it already squeezed in along the fence? Ummhh... I meant that the ag pipe (which I presume will be installed behind this little wall) will need to go to a "discharge point" and I thought the discharge point be the "ticket to Paris" thingy (can't remember how it's actually called, onsite detention maybe?! ) ... My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: themax build - little update! 1755Jul 25, 2011 1:29 pm Lex the ag pipe is already under the ground in the original photo up the top of the page is the pit and trench for it. There is an absorption pit under the ground in the big hole, and it will absorb the excess moisture. That is the second pit, the rip to Fiji as opposed to the original Trip to Paris that was installed by our builders at time of building over the other side of the yard. They are the click in retaining wall blocks used commonly everywhere in Fudge colour (but have faded beyond belief We bough them a year ago ) Yes i will put a little garden in there and a Buddha. WIll wait until it's all done and then I will decide. It is not very big so I may just use Bromeliads, not sure yet. When the wall goes up (like the other one) I will paint it and i am not sure which colour yet. My stipulation was that I wanted it to be easy to paint so I can do it myself when I want to... my DH just went when i said that www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: themax build - little update! 1756Jul 25, 2011 8:25 pm themax looks like you are powering on and making great progress. Re: themax build - little update! 1757Jul 25, 2011 8:28 pm Thanks Dollar! I'll check your blog out now and see what you have been up to..... www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: themax build - little update! 1758Jul 25, 2011 8:32 pm hahah themax my blog is not updated. Very slack of me but I think you have inspired me to do something about it tonight I've on;y got a couple of gardening picks in "dollarz" thread but planning on adding some more tonight. Re: themax build - little update! 1760Jul 26, 2011 7:35 am Dollar hahah themax my blog is not updated. Very slack of me but I think you have inspired me to do something about it tonight I've on;y got a couple of gardening picks in "dollarz" thread but planning on adding some more tonight. Yes I just found that out !! Love to see the gardening pics! I am sure you are correct Lex. Yeah they're ok, not they're original colour, but a bit limited as to what we could use in such a narrow space, didn't want bricks and didn't want timber... www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com 8 6244 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 18612 Hi We have finally decided to complete a KDR on our corner plot in NE Melbourne suburbs. 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