Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 662Feb 26, 2015 7:12 pm Congatulations, trixee - I'm so excited for you It looks mahoosive! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 664Feb 26, 2015 7:40 pm A very impressive looking slab - congrats!! My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 666Feb 26, 2015 8:35 pm Yay trixee! A big HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I was so happy we finally had a slab I didn't even care about the progress payment Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 667Feb 26, 2015 9:15 pm I don't imagine you as the camping type, but I reckon you'd be tempted to sleep over at your block tonight... Will keep an eye on Nearmap for you. Chances are you'll get an aerial shot before the walls start going up. http://www.housebythewater.wordpress.com From blank block to new home in Mandurah, Western Australia. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65564 Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 668Feb 26, 2015 9:20 pm Beazley77 Exciting! Are you going to go and pond it or water it to help it cure or is it being covered? I ponded mine twice a day for four days but the novelty soon wore off! Haha It's very exciting! I'm not sure what ponding is? but thinking about hosing it down after work every day. But yes, I suspect the novelty will wear off rather soon! viewtopic.php?t=72683 Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 669Feb 26, 2015 9:22 pm housebythewater I don't imagine you as the camping type, but I reckon you'd be tempted to sleep over at your block tonight... Will keep an eye on Nearmap for you. Chances are you'll get an aerial shot before the walls start going up. HBTW, I would be very grateful! I tried to sign up but somehow it just all went horribly wrong so ended up without. viewtopic.php?t=72683 Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 670Feb 26, 2015 9:36 pm Woohoo conslabulations! It looks massive. Soooo exciting! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 671Feb 26, 2015 10:48 pm congrats!! .. looking forward to more photos! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 672Feb 26, 2015 11:57 pm How did I miss this? Seriously I don't log in for a couple of days and you start physically building a house!!!! HUGE CONSLABULATIONS <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 673Feb 27, 2015 12:00 am You're just in time, AKB! More photos on the blog: https://oursphouse.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/slab-slab-slab-slab-slabbed/ More to come when I get a bit more energy! Those early mornings fair did me in! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 675Feb 27, 2015 12:54 am Great Trixee. By the look of the colour of the slab you have on your blog it looks like it has been sealed with a retardant. My slab had the same and it looks very dark and then changes colour over about a week or so. Maybe someone more informed can chip in. When the crew poured mine I was seeing whether I needed to water the slab and they recommended it if it was sealed with a retardant. If its going to be very hot you can put sand around the edges and then turn the hose on to fill it like a little pool. So exciting...... Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 676Feb 27, 2015 10:19 am Fab news! Congrats on the slab!! Will you be popping some bubbles there today?! There seem to be a few of us now all within a couple of weeks of each other. Will be interesting to see how we all progress!! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 677Mar 02, 2015 12:42 am I've finally done my tile and colour selections! Squee! https://oursphouse.wordpress.com/2015/0 ... elections/ Writing that blog post was epic, I got interrupted so many times! If you don't want to read the waffle on the blog post, you can go directly to the pictures here: https://oursphouse.wordpress.com/colour-selections/ Squee! Re: Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth 680Mar 02, 2015 1:08 am Yeah hubby was complaining about them being expensive! But the floor tile is only $48/sqm. The bathroom tile is $98/sqm retail, but I get trade discount of 20% for using the interior designer. The laundry tile was I think $60/sqm. 0 5127 I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6633 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 19129 |