Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR - non-inclusions from Overseas 2Feb 08, 2024 4:39 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: KDR - non-inclusions from Overseas 4Feb 09, 2024 3:52 pm dotty Thanks Simeon for your industry insight, and nuggets of gold (questions/risks) for us to think about. If anyone has any experience, I'm all ears. Hi Dotty I was just thinking as I was driving between jobs today, If I were you, once your plans are developed a little further, speak to 3 or 4 local builders to get some estimates and get their opinion as to how they would deal with you supplying those items. You might find some who say no flat out, but you might find some who have worked in this way before. We allow our clients to supply some items, provided they are locally sourced and aren't part of our warranty. For instance on a recent job the client supplied roughly half of the windows but we were able to quiz the local supplier about their installation practices and they warranted the windows until installation. My issue with overseas supplied windows is who locally is going to install them and take responsibility. I use windows as my main example as from experience, so much can go wrong from scratches, broken glass whilst they are being carried, incorrect sizing and shipping delays etc. Just food for thought. Enjoy your weekend Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: KDR - non-inclusions from Overseas 6May 29, 2024 5:27 pm Hi Dotty, I'm Shenzhen, China based and supply Australia Standard (AS2047 & AS1288)aluminum windows for housing projects in Australia. I used to help a manufacturer here in China establish the Australia Standard AS2047 window framing system and also personally hold an AS1288 certificate from AGWA (Australia Glass and Windows Association). Currently we have some projects ongoing under installation of our windows in Sydney, I could provide my client's phone number to you for contact, and if you are not too distant away from the site and would like to have a look at the windows, I could also communicate with my clients to show you around on site and you will be able to see all details&quality. Qualified and unqualified manufacturers from China went into the market over the past years, a manufacturer with AS2047 certification does not necessarily means the windows are suitable to install, the framing system has to be compatible with the wall structure, and good communication of installation also plays a very important role of the whole process, that's why so many after-sales problems of windows from China all these years. But there are also a lot successful cases. We could provide door to door service delivering the windows to your work site or nominated warehouse. and also have a qualified glazier's team (a contractor with NSW glazier's license) in cooperation in Sydney, mostly install for commercial grade framing windows&doors. (Generally for residential framing system fitted with timber reveals, the builder would be able to install by themself.) If you are interested in or would like to learn further more, just feel free to contact me, my contact details are as below. Shenzhen MIC Building Materials Co., Ltd Email: michael@micwindows.com Phone&WhatsApp: +86 18898835376 Kind Regards, Michael Mao I had couple of quotations from pre-covid times, I am quite sure they are more expensive now plus with current USD rate and shipping costs it makes them really unaffordable. 6 24456 From a pure legal perspective, if you've signed the variation, it is a very high bar to have it set aside. No-one can give you legal advice on a forum, but you would need… 3 5859 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Long story short, a toilet room is going to back onto our main bedroom and I want to make it close to soundproof. Im going to build two frames (pretty much a room within a… 0 11383 |