Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 15, 2009 10:12 pm Hi All We will be starting renos next year and was wondering: We will be enclosing our balcony and moving our kitchen to the balcony. There is about a 2cm height difference between the house existing floor and the balcony. To get the floor up to the same height would it be done by concreting or some type of cladding type sheeting. Could we use the sheeting method as we are putting sold timber flooring in. Would we need to rip up the tiling on the balcony or just go over top. Balcony is concrete. Should the floor height be fixed first before doing the wall? We are looking at doing the steel framing option for the wall. Thanks Caz Re: Raising height of floor 2Nov 15, 2009 10:29 pm May be the 18mm stuff with glue of 2mm http://www.bgc.com.au/fibrecement/s_16/ ... essed.html Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Raising height of floor 3Nov 15, 2009 10:37 pm Just make sure there is a 3mm gap between the sheets so you, (someone) can create a control joint. To allow for some movement....A 3mm gap has more chance of getting a good result, rather than a butt joint with no gap. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Raising height of floor 4Nov 16, 2009 6:24 am You flooring would take it over the 20mm difference anyway so you may need rip up the tiles. Overlay flooring for example is 12mm - 14mm depending on type and it is laid over 12mm ply. If you use traditional 19mm flooring it need to go over 15mm minimum ply. The concrete floor on the balcony will first need a moisture barrier whether physical or chemical membrane CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16553 isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 17525 Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10683 |