Things you forget - summary page 32

Unlikely you are going to get a unlimited plan on 5G any time near future as they won't allow it as it will choke the network and technology is not advancedto allow such amount of data traffic yet. And the speeds they let on actual mobile network and home internet on 5G is yet to be seen - see 1.5-2.0Gb speed telstra boasting is not going to be seen in real situation. See how 4G+ now - we are not getting 1/10th of it capable of and on home networks I don't see a plan beyond 200GB/month.. Who is going to put their neck under such plan?

I have been using Aldi's one since 2015 - still working and it does the job and has laminated floor now and used it on carpet too- good on both. Robots has mop option as well (if u attach it). It can even go to charger when battery is low by itself. So easily can let it work overnight. Only issue will be the obstructions from furniture and other stuffs you have on floor. But donno you get perfect clean throughout the floor.

One thing not to forget is two way light switches over places like the stairwell... We've had to use a smart plug in the ceiling for turning our chandelier on and off, because no matter how hard we tried, my sparky and I couldn't get a switch in where we forgot one...

Yep, we are very glad we have 2 way switches - either end of the stairs (up & down), and either end of hallways. Another thing which we think is a great idea - particularly for houses with an open ensuite like ours.... low voltage led strip lighting under the bathroom cabinetry for when you need to go to the loo through the night and don't want to turn on bright lights, or wake anyone.

If you take a look at some of the paranoia of 5G on some of the anti-5G stalkbook groups, it won't be happening.

Quite funny to read some of their posts claiming it is going to be used for mind control and it will be weaponised... paranoid much ?

Great work. thanks a lot - Yesss... probably excel download would be the best

We have one of the older V8 Dysons and while it's a great little machine for a quick vac, I don't think if you're looking at doing a comprehensive vacuum of the floor the battery life ( we get about 8 minutes on max ) will let you do that. I just had a look at a choice review of the latest V11( 20% improvement on the V10 ) and they said that the battery life on boost was around the 13 minute mark. Still not enough for me. A quick whip around maybe but at over $1,200 I think we will still go the ducted system and keep our older Dyson for the smaller jobs.

Stewie

Anyone up to date with the technology? Brand new home, with NBN FFTP. Is it still best to install Cat6 into the Media room and study, or is that going to be super seeded soon and I'd be wasting my money?

Using it for Streaming TV, Gaming, and the usual stuff. Single story home.

Cat7 is released, but I would stick to Cat6. Moreover it's difficult to completely future proof anyway

Cat6 is good enough for the needs mentioned above. Anything higher should only be considered if you plan to run ethernet over 100 ft and also anticipate alien crosstalk from other comms cables.

Did you manage to get it? Could I have one, too?:-D

Plz check if Cat 7 is approved for telecom use

No fixed windows in the bedroom.
Water point + gas point + electric point in alfresco for have small outdoor kitchen cooking

These are my lessons learnt so far

- make sure your plans have a recess on bathroom floors if you want your tiles to be flush with your polished concrete floors in the living areas. I didn't think of this so it's too late for me.

- if you want polished concrete floors in your shower wet area then make sure that the puddle phalange pipe has not been cut to the floor for tiling, instead there should be a pipe sticking outside of the shower drain so the concrete polisher can do his job to let the drain cover sit flush to the polished concrete floor. Also check with your certifier that this will be allowed for the shower floor/bathroom area and will be sealed with a penetrating sealer rather than waterproofed. If they do not allow it, there now exists in the market clear waterproofing membrane https://www.remedialmembranes.com.au

- door width dimensions for future wheelchair accessibility is 820mm (silver standard), 850mm (gold standard), 920mm (platinum standard) , but there are door widths out there 870mm

- make sure there are noggins in the shower and toilet areas in case you need to install handle grip bars in the future if you intend to live out most of your life in your home which means that it would need to have disability access. I discovered the
http://www.livablehousingaustralia.org. ... FINAL4.pdf

- since I'm an owner builder, getting information from tradies, builders and surveyors is sometimes like getting blood from stone. Also don't trust blogs and websites as they may provide wrong information. Register at the national construction code Australia https://ncc.abcb.gov.au/ncc-online/ncc and download Volumes 1, 2 and 3 to make sure that the info is accurate and that you are not being told a furphy. You can quote this info from NCC to your certifier if he is a bit iffy certifying that wet room and you've done everything according to code.

always have heaps of power points in kitchen for all the appliances

Hi all
thanks heaps for this wonderful forum and thread.
is there a trick of trade if any one can share - if i want to print out these 56 pages in one go as a hard copy for this thread so i can study them and highlight the important points for my own study.

cheers!

I created a web page with all these points, you should be able to print it out.
https://1stbuild.club/

Awesome thanks sparekh!

brilliant!