Posts by Eager • Home Renovation & Building Forum

22 April 2014

Apr 22, 2014 11:04 pm

I might add re waffle pod slabs - a mate - who we stay with - said he felt his slab (WP) handled the earthquake in his area better than normal slabs - which cracked. He claimed he felt a ripple across the house but no obvious cracks or problems. Can't back this up with any proof - it was just his o...

In all seriousness, I can attest to this. I live about 20km from the epicentre of the 5.4 quake that shook the Moe area...

8 April 2014

Apr 08, 2014 10:33 pm

:wink:

Re: Nonna's nest (art deco house)-Finished off pics 3/4Building A New House

7 April 2014

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Apr 07, 2014 11:08 pm

Congratulations Nonna on a great and sympathetic build! I don't visit here often nowadays but I have always enjoyed your story and pics, and the retention of the original facade. Great job! :D

Congratulations Nonna on a great and sympathetic build! I don't visit here often nowadays but I have always enjoyed your...

7 April 2014

Apr 07, 2014 11:04 pm

^ Spoilsport! ::wink::

^ Spoilsport!

7 April 2014

Apr 07, 2014 10:59 pm

Urban Myth - believe it or not! Many people chuck in a dollar coin when the slab gets poured, for good luck. But if the coin ends up laying against the rio, the chemical reaction caused by the two dissimilar metals touching each other creates rust and concrete cancer ! It actually happened to my fri...

Urban Myth - believe it or not! Many people chuck in a dollar coin when the slab gets poured, for good luck. But if the ...

Re: Modernising an Old Girl - Final daysOwner Builder Forum

28 January 2013

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Jan 28, 2013 9:58 am

Good job, Bob! ::

Good job, Bob!

Re: Evaporative cooling mythsHeating, Cooling & Insulation

20 January 2013

Jan 20, 2013 8:54 pm

There was a recent news report where two evaporative units in Melbourne caught fire on the same day. Typically, the media were beating it up to say that the problem was inherent of evap units - but we all know that ANY unit can catch alight. This might seem strange that I am defending evap units for...

There was a recent news report where two evaporative units in Melbourne caught fire on the same day. Typically, the medi...

Re: Evaporative cooling mythsHeating, Cooling & Insulation

8 January 2013

Jan 08, 2013 2:35 pm

We get on well with our neighbours and they were around one night last summer for drinkies on our deck; it was a hot day and evening. He was amazed at how noisy his evaporative unit was from our side of the fence. He didn't quite apologise, and we don't go out of our way to take umbrage, but I wond...

Eager, do your neighbours ever get their unit serviced? Either it's a cheap and nasty one, or it needs something fixed,...

Re: Evaporative cooling mythsHeating, Cooling & Insulation

6 January 2013

Jan 06, 2013 8:33 pm

Evap coolers are rubbish and here are the main reasons why (PS I have one and I hate it): 5. They're noisy. To get high air flow your fan is running fast and it's noisy. We get on well with our neighbours and they were around one night last summer for drinkies on our deck; it was a hot day and even...

We get on well with our neighbours and they were around one night last summer for drinkies on our deck; it was a hot da...

Re: crack in house slab noticedBuilding A New House

30 December 2012

Dec 30, 2012 8:04 pm

No, the cracking never got any worse so we didn't bother making an issue about it.

Re: Are you building a "Mcmansion"?General Discussion

2 December 2012

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Dec 02, 2012 9:33 pm

ETA: we are building on a 1000m2 block and the footprint only covers 33% of the land so I doubt it would fall into the McMansion category ie. small block/large house Yes. It is important to remember that if everyone had the chance to build a house on the quintessential 1/4 acre, a house of that siz...

Yes. It is important to remember that if everyone had the chance to build a house on the quintessential 1/4 acre, a hou...

Re: Nonna's nest- DEMOLITION TIME!!Building A New House

4 October 2012

Oct 04, 2012 9:16 pm

Re: Modernising an Old Girl - Cabinetry going inOwner Builder Forum

30 July 2012

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Jul 30, 2012 10:50 pm

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4663/imag0006ct.jpg Drool!

Drool!

Re: Modernising an Old Girl - Cabinetry going inOwner Builder Forum

30 July 2012

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Jul 30, 2012 8:52 pm

I haven't caught up with this thread for a while. Rob, one word: magnifique! :)

I haven't caught up with this thread for a while. Rob, one word: magnifique!

Re: Solar Panel PositioningBuilding A New House

30 July 2012

Jul 30, 2012 8:24 pm

We have our solar panel on the west roof face. So do a lot of people in our estate. We prefer this location as it leaves a huge roof space available for future electrical solar panels. That is a very good point. We got solar PV panels installed this year and were hampered by the location of our sol...

That is a very good point. We got solar PV panels installed this year and were hampered by the location of our solar ho...

Re: Show use your front door!!!!Windows & Doors

19 July 2012

Jul 19, 2012 9:10 pm

The very common 4-horizontal pane door here, painted in Deep Ocean, a Colorbond colour to match the gutters and fascia. Apologies for the poor photo! This was just after we moved in almost 4 years ago and everything looks a bit different now because the landscaping is done and the render colour has ...

The very common 4-horizontal pane door here, painted in Deep Ocean, a Colorbond colour to match the gutters and fascia. ...

Re: Carbon tax increaseBuilding A New House

12 June 2012

Jun 12, 2012 10:28 pm

I hope your right Casa2, our house insurance went up $200.00 nothing to do with the tax. I managed to talk it back down $120.00 as we have had insurance with them forever. That's a very good point and almost worthy of it's own thread (coming soon...). What you pay for insurance is actually negotiab...

That's a very good point and almost worthy of it's own thread (coming soon...). What you pay for insurance is actually ...

Re: Carbon tax increaseBuilding A New House

11 June 2012

Jun 11, 2012 9:26 am

Very little of the build will be affected by the carbon tax. Steel is, but I don't think there is much more. Pretty much every component needs to be transported, though? The tax will not be applied to fuel. A big problem is that not everyone knows everything about the ins-and-outs of the tax. I cer...

Pretty much every component needs to be transported, though? The tax will not be applied to fuel. A big problem is that...

Re: Carbon tax increaseBuilding A New House

10 June 2012

Jun 10, 2012 9:27 pm

Any person or representative from any business that is trying to justify a price increase due to the Carbon Tax should be dobbed in to the ACCC. Personally, I'd like to see them hung, drawn and quartered. Think about this - how could any business proprieter, large or small, accurately predict that t...

Any person or representative from any business that is trying to justify a price increase due to the Carbon Tax should b...