Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Jul 26, 2011 2:09 am My double storey house is nearly done, I'm pretty sure all duct works and air con unit are there, but I can't see any copper refrigerant pipes anywhere around the house and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen them before bricking and plastering. The SS asked me where the hell are the pipes I said you're the SS, you tell me. Could someone please tell me what can be done? will they still able to put pipes down the cavity from the roof? TIA Built: Modified H3nl3y S0h0 Q1 in Melbourne :- Never again Re: House is nearly done but can't see any refrigerant pipes 2Jul 26, 2011 8:52 pm Sounds like they have forgotten to rough them in the only way now will be down on the outside walls then covered up with capping would have looked much better inside wall cavity i would be asking for some compensation for this now or make them remove plaster but i don't think you will being wanting that done at this stage also they may have forgotten to run drain & inter connecting cables for the aircon to Re: House is nearly done but can't see any refrigerant pipes 3Jul 27, 2011 7:36 pm Thanks Brad75, Don't like the idea of having it on outside wall. I don't mind if they end up ripping up the plaster, they have to anyway as they also have forgotten to run the intercom, home theatre wiring. how stupid can they be. One question though Brad, even if they decided to rip up the plaster, how are they going to shove the pipes down the cavity without breaking the wall wrapping? Built: Modified H3nl3y S0h0 Q1 in Melbourne :- Never again Re: House is nearly done but can't see any refrigerant pipes 5Jul 28, 2011 3:52 pm Yeah typical volume builder. More to do with the incompetent SS in fact. Those issues won't ever happen if the SS can spend a few minutes on site checking the jobs just completed. Built: Modified H3nl3y S0h0 Q1 in Melbourne :- Never again 1) I had requested R6 ceiling insualtion batts, however I noticed that on some areas there are huge gaps which will allow hot air to sweep in, and also noticed black/grey… 0 3603 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15284 Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11647 |