Building with Metricon

Renman
I assume this is upstairs were you have issues?
What happens when some are shut off?
You would think that the dams are higher than the house height to provide pressure to all taps to flow.
What do you do in that situation? Install some electric pump to restore the pressure?

Good point. I will try open all showers tomorrow and see how it all goes. Will let you know. our toilets refill from the rainwater tank and its a bit slow i have noticed.

How to fix water presssure in all tsps though???

Wonder if you're meter to main needs an upgrade, Renman?

M connected their standard pipe from the original main. Maybe their pipes weren’t big enough to cater for the whole house.

I know that we won’t ever use all the tapes and shower at the same time but having all 4 showers (2 of them with rain head) in the same time didn’t give the pressure that would result in a good shower in my view.

Maybe it will be better when the hot water/gas is connected.

I had one rain head going on the ground floor and it didn’t impress me at all.

Not sure what the options are a available to me. Any ideas anyone?

Anyone else living in their new house can provide their feedback?

Is that possible?

Yep, had it done at our old place. The meter to main was a really old pipe that was corroded inside... The water tasted heaps better with the new pipe as well!

You may find that they have the pressure restricted at the moment, i.e. meter tap not turned all the way up?

Do you know what the cost was?

It’s turned on to the max, was the first thing I checked.

Do you know what the cost was?

It’s turned on to the max, was the first thing I checked.


[/quote]Don't recall it costing us anything, as we barely had any water flow...

What they did is upgrade the line from a tap under the road to the meter... From memory it was about 1 3/4 inch by the time they finished

Just checked our cold water pressure is fine when i have turned all our 5 showers on. I think this might be different when we have hot water (our gas will be connected this week). Even though we have put an extra gas water heater 26l continuous flow (we have 2 of them in total) i am worried that it may stress the system. Will let you know the results..

Hi All
A query on the independent inspector. We have given his details to our consultant.

Is there anything else we need to specify or ask for eg. List of inspections he is going yo do with approx time line from M or a notice when that activity eill take place so he can plan his inspection and also how to ensure they fix majors before moving to next stage?

Is there some notes to be put now on the file? Or direct comms with site supervisor?

Any tips or advice appreciated.

Hi All
Need some suggestion please.

I opted for 600mm eaves but due to council restriction M can’t provide it just for the garage side. All other sides including first floor is fine to have 600mm eaves. Below is a sketch with 450mm eaves in garage and 600mm for rest.

Could you please let me know if it looks odd to have 2 different size eaves or should I change everything to 450mm.

Btw I just thought having 600mm eaves looks better hence I opted for it. Would appreciate if anyone has photos to share. Thanks

Don’t stress, we had to have shorter eaves on the garage side too, and it all looks fine!
No body will even notice because it’s on the garage side.

Anyone done led downlights after handover? Any idea of rough pricing for them supply and install?
Metricon wants $130 per light

Thanks for the reassurance.
Do you have any photos by any chance? Thanks

I logged a service call to Yarra Valley Water and they are going to visit site and check the water pressure from the main tap.

It’s expected to have the pressure to deliver 10 liters of water in 30sec.

Do you know what the cost was?

It’s turned on to the max, was the first thing I checked.


[/quote]Don't recall it costing us anything, as we barely had any water flow...

What they did is upgrade the line from a tap under the road to the meter... From memory it was about 1 3/4 inch by the time they finished

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According Yarra Valley Waters said our water pressure from the meter is above average at 450psi. Anything above 300psi is ok.

Does that mean you need a booster pump to get pressure upstairs??

What's the pressure inside the house, say at the washing machine taps?

If you had to boost the mains pressure, we've used Grundfos pumps on the farm for years, very reliable and cost effective to run.

http://au.grundfos.com/products/find-pr ... oster.html

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