Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Perth Building standards 12Jan 03, 2015 8:56 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Perth Building standards 15Jan 03, 2015 9:26 pm Crazyk it would make life easier from my perspective and certainly from a green perspective. I believe the change will happen here due to the cost of building and the cost of renting etc while you build among other things I don't think we are ready yet though, and we certainly don't have enough trades familiar with timber framing (sounds stupid huh!!!) to cover the volumes of homes we would have to build to start making it competitive. My own place was quite simple in design, yet I feel I was always charged a "novelty" fee because everyone was so unfamiliar with the concept. I had to sit numerous trades down and explain the reality and simplicity of this design before they would revise their price which in most cases was more than I pay for double brick homes! Re: Perth Building standards 17Jan 03, 2015 9:53 pm Having tinkered with the energy rating software, the thing that makes the biggest difference is the size of the windows facing east and west. You tend to forget that it gets cold in winter, and heating is actually the biggest cost. Cooling is actually relatively easy when you take advantage of the cooling prevailing afternoon sea breeze. Standard builders will just game the system until they get their 6 stars. viewtopic.php?t=72683 Re: Perth Building standards 18Jan 03, 2015 10:41 pm trixee im not sure what you mean about the windows? I understand the principle but is the software taking into account the location, orientation, composition and operation of the windows in a building in perth and if it's brick/timber? I thought this post was a brick bashing arena!!! Re: Perth Building standards 19Jan 03, 2015 11:26 pm To a certain degree double brick is entrenched in wa psyche. It's marketed as the bees knees from a building perspective It's taught at building school rather than the east coast way When selling a house because of this psyche it sells easier than an East Coast frame home style. And so the circle continues. (Ok so I have made some generalisations but I hope you get the picture.) Until the circle changes, more homes of this style are built, home buyers accept it, building companies stop promoting DB as the be all end all and there are tradies available to build frame homes it will continue. The change will happen over time, the "pods" that many perth builders are using as second story are the first sign that the market is changing and starting to accept frame homes. Interestingly away from suburbia and especially in places like Karratha, Exmouth and Hedland, frame homes are all the go. Re: Perth Building standards 20Jan 04, 2015 12:54 am Yep it definitely costs more but just look at buyers snub their noses if the house is not double brick. Its crazy, but its the mentality unfortunately. Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7004 I believe this is correct. From the picture you can see the power was put in last so the electrician knew where the water was. Really it's a common sense issue more… 4 5152 2 8644 |