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Opinions please. Does the study window look too low?
Here are the drawings
And here is the pic I took of the display home
Looking at the drawings it looks correct
Okay here it is next to another customer with same house. Our windows would have had the same windows bars but our council didn’t allow them. But the position should be the same. They have gap underneath and we don’t.
Opinions please. Does the study window look too low?
Here are the drawings
And here is the pic I took of the display home
Looking at the drawings it looks correct
Okay here it is next to another customer with same house. Our windows would have had the same windows bars but our council didn’t allow them. But the position should be the same. They have gap underneath and we don’t.
Your window head height specification will tell the story. Looking at the outside from the ground can be deceiving.
Ours are;
Ground 2,162mm above floor level
First floor 5,064mm above floor level.
Our ground floor ceiling height is 2,740.
First floor is 2,590
Your plans will tell you in the sidenote. Elevation A/B page
Looking at the drawings it looks correct
Okay here it is next to another customer with same house. Our windows would have had the same windows bars but our council didn’t allow them. But the position should be the same. They have gap underneath and we don’t.
Your window head height specification will tell the story. Looking at the outside from the ground can be deceiving.
Ours are;
Ground 2,162mm above floor level
First floor 5,064mm above floor level.
Our ground floor ceiling height is 2,740.
First floor is 2,590
Your plans will tell you in the sidenote. Elevation A/B page
Okay I found a note on the Elevation C/D page.
Opinions please. Does the study window look too low?
Here are the drawings
And here is the pic I took of the display home
That's definitely doesn't look right to me. That window looks about 200mm lower than the top of the front door frame/moulding. Your plans have them lining up.
EDIT: Actually using a ruler on my computer monitor on your plans, your window moulding is actually meant to be slightly higher than your front door. It definitely looks lower in the pictures.
[quote="brucefil2011"]Looking at the drawings it looks correct
Okay here it is next to another customer with same house. Our windows would have had the same windows bars but our council didn’t allow them. But the position should be the same. They have gap underneath and we don’t.
Your window head height specification will tell the story. Looking at the outside from the ground can be deceiving.
Ours are;
Ground 2,162mm above floor level
First floor 5,064mm above floor level.
Our ground floor ceiling height is 2,740.
First floor is 2,590
Your plans will tell you in the sidenote. Elevation A/B page
Okay I found a note on the Elevation C/D page.
[/quote]Did you measure from inside if that is the case here? Yes I have the same note in my drawings. Funny that doesnt change if you have high ceilings.
[quote="Waldorf_Grange_Build"][quote="brucefil2011"]Looking at the drawings it looks correct
Okay here it is next to another customer with same house. Our windows would have had the same windows bars but our council didn’t allow them. But the position should be the same. They have gap underneath and we don’t.
Your window head height specification will tell the story. Looking at the outside from the ground can be deceiving.
Ours are;
Ground 2,162mm above floor level
First floor 5,064mm above floor level.
Our ground floor ceiling height is 2,740.
First floor is 2,590
Your plans will tell you in the sidenote. Elevation A/B page
Okay I found a note on the Elevation C/D page.
[/quote]Did you measure from inside if that is the case here? Yes I have the same note in my drawings. Funny that doesnt change if you have high ceilings.
[/quote]
Yes we just went out to the house this morning and measured the window inside from floor and it was only about 10mm too low. Our site supervisor was there and we talked it through. It could probably be an error with the site cut initially. Our supervisor is going to chat with his manager at the house on Monday. If we dig away any of the dirt under the window we expose the concrete slab.
Yes we just went out to the house this morning and measured the window inside from floor and it was only about 10mm too low. Our site supervisor was there and we talked it through. It could probably be an error with the site cut initially. Our supervisor is going to chat with his manager at the house on Monday. If we dig away any of the dirt under the window we expose the concrete slab.
Hmm so does mean that the drawing for the external elevations on your plans may not be exactly what you get, and that they will just go off the measurements of the internals?
Drawing a straight line from the top of the mouldings on your two front windows actually shows them higher than the moulding of your front door, though the pictures you show look like the windows are lower. Perhaps it's just the angle on the photo playing tricks on my eyes.
Yes we just went out to the house this morning and measured the window inside from floor and it was only about 10mm too low. Our site supervisor was there and we talked it through. It could probably be an error with the site cut initially. Our supervisor is going to chat with his manager at the house on Monday. If we dig away any of the dirt under the window we expose the concrete slab.
Hmm so does mean that the drawing for the external elevations on your plans may not be exactly what you get, and that they will just go off the measurements of the internals?
Drawing a straight line from the top of the mouldings on your two front windows actually shows them higher than the moulding of your front door, though the pictures you show look like the windows are lower. Perhaps it's just the angle on the photo playing tricks on my eyes.
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Yes we just went out to the house this morning and measured the window inside from floor and it was only about 10mm too low. Our site supervisor was there and we talked it through. It could probably be an error with the site cut initially. Our supervisor is going to chat with his manager at the house on Monday. If we dig away any of the dirt under the window we expose the concrete slab.
Hmm so does mean that the drawing for the external elevations on your plans may not be exactly what you get, and that they will just go off the measurements of the internals?
Drawing a straight line from the top of the mouldings on your two front windows actually shows them higher than the moulding of your front door, though the pictures you show look like the windows are lower. Perhaps it's just the angle on the photo playing tricks on my eyes.
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Yes theres definatly a big difference there.
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Yes we just went out to the house this morning and measured the window inside from floor and it was only about 10mm too low. Our site supervisor was there and we talked it through. It could probably be an error with the site cut initially. Our supervisor is going to chat with his manager at the house on Monday. If we dig away any of the dirt under the window we expose the concrete slab.
Hmm so does mean that the drawing for the external elevations on your plans may not be exactly what you get, and that they will just go off the measurements of the internals?
Drawing a straight line from the top of the mouldings on your two front windows actually shows them higher than the moulding of your front door, though the pictures you show look like the windows are lower. Perhaps it's just the angle on the photo playing tricks on my eyes.
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Plan might be with a standard 2040mm door. Are you running a 2340mm entry door?
Whist snooping around our house the other night, I realised our downpipes were painted and chipped a lot. We paid to have colourbond downpipes so this has obviously been overlooked somewhere along the track. Waiting for our SS to get back to me as he never answers his phone! Hoping to get a date for PCI soon.
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Plan might be with a standard 2040mm door. Are you running a 2340mm entry door?
Ah yes this very well could be the reason. We have gone the same size doors as yours WGB, and it looks like on our plans our front doors are higher than the windows. Perhaps your original plans were never updated to include the 2340mm doors.
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Plan might be with a standard 2040mm door. Are you running a 2340mm entry door?
Ah yes this very well could be the reason. We have gone the same size doors as yours WGB, and it looks like on our plans our front doors are higher than the windows. Perhaps your original plans were never updated to include the 2340mm doors.
Yes we do have 2340mm doors. So if the window is the right height where is the rest of my render that is meant to be underneath? Something still not right.
[quote="Waldorf_Grange_Build"]
Here’s another pic I took this morning. The door is definitely higher than both the windows.
Plan might be with a standard 2040mm door. Are you running a 2340mm entry door?
Ah yes this very well could be the reason. We have gone the same size doors as yours WGB, and it looks like on our plans our front doors are higher than the windows. Perhaps your original plans were never updated to include the 2340mm doors.
Yes we do have 2340mm doors. So if the window is the right height where is the rest of my render that is meant to be underneath? Something still not right.[/quote]Looking at the photo, it appears the slab hasn't been poured well. It's not uncommon for this to occur at the bottom. The missing pieces need to be filled with concrete then rendered, otherwise the amount of dirt required to cover it will leave you with a rather small window ledge.
Ah yes this very well could be the reason. We have gone the same size doors as yours WGB, and it looks like on our plans our front doors are higher than the windows. Perhaps your original plans were never updated to include the 2340mm doors.
Yes we do have 2340mm doors. So if the window is the right height where is the rest of my render that is meant to be underneath? Something still not right.
Looking at the photo, it appears the slab hasn't been poured well. It's not uncommon for this to occur at the bottom. The missing pieces need to be filled with concrete then rendered, otherwise the amount of dirt required to cover it will leave you with a rather small window ledge.
I'm hoping they can come up with a workaround with concrete and render as I really don't want my window ledge in the garden bed.
P.S.
Any chance you could share to Alternative solution.
We have been very curious to know what it covers, or doesn't cover.
We were after this from our BC, when she came back with the news that they have changed, however I'm now not sure if she is correct or your BC is correct?
Has it changed in your contract or does it still state 'Alternative solution'? If so, you may want a building variation raised to state they no longer use the alternative solution and will be building to Australian standards.
Hi inexp_user
Thanks for pointing this out to me.
I have just signed a Building Variation today stating that they will complete by waterproofing to Australian Standard AS 3740-2010
No chance for them to weasel out of correctly waterproofong our house now.
In other news .......
We finally had our file handed over to the construction team today
We have site scrape on Thursday 15th and slab pour on Wednesday 28th, Weather permitting.
YAY!!!
P.S.
Any chance you could share to Alternative solution.
We have been very curious to know what it covers, or doesn't cover.
We were after this from our BC, when she came back with the news that they have changed, however I'm now not sure if she is correct or your BC is correct?
Has it changed in your contract or does it still state 'Alternative solution'? If so, you may want a building variation raised to state they no longer use the alternative solution and will be building to Australian standards.
Hi inexp_user
Thanks for pointing this out to me.
I have just signed a Building Variation today stating that they will complete by waterproofing to Australian Standard AS 3740-2010
No chance for them to weasel out of correctly waterproofong our house now.
Our site supervisor told us today that PD are actually doing away with the alternative solution. However he didn't use that method with our build anyway, even though our contract said they would
https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... rproofing/
In other news .......
We finally had our file handed over to the construction team today
We have site scrape on Thursday 15th and slab pour on Wednesday 28th, Weather permitting.
YAY!!!
Great news inphaze, congratulations!
[quote="inphaze"]P.S.
Any chance you could share to Alternative solution.
We have been very curious to know what it covers, or doesn't cover.
We were after this from our BC, when she came back with the news that they have changed, however I'm now not sure if she is correct or your BC is correct?
Has it changed in your contract or does it still state 'Alternative solution'? If so, you may want a building variation raised to state they no longer use the alternative solution and will be building to Australian standards.
Hi inexp_user
Thanks for pointing this out to me.
I have just signed a Building Variation today stating that they will complete by waterproofing to Australian Standard AS 3740-2010
No chance for them to weasel out of correctly waterproofong our house now.
Our site supervisor told us today that PD are actually doing away with the alternative solution. However he didn't use that method with our build anyway, even though our contract said they would
https://waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.co ... rproofing/[/quote]
Can anyone confirm if there is waterproofing (if any) that is done in your powder rooms and other wet areas on your ground floor?
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