Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 29, 2010 2:17 pm One of the covenants for our land is that the aircon units must be the same colour as the roof. I have my heart set on a surfmist CB roof but in looking at other homes I have never actually seen a matching unit on a surfmist CB roof. My husband just called a company and they said the lightest colour they do is cream. We most definetly want to get ducted aircon as we are in Perth and it just makes life more comfortable. So is this correct?? That the lightest colour for the units is cream. Thanks so much. Just when I thought I had all my colours sorted, I really don't want to have to change my roof colour but aircon is just really a need for us. Building in Perth. Celebration homes Oasis. Pre-start complete 25th March 2010 Titles due April 2010 Re: Aircon units for a surfmist roof 2Jan 29, 2010 2:34 pm I have just had a look through the Daikin book that I have here and there is no mention of the outdoor unit's coming in any other colour except cream... Could you maybe just have the air con unit behind a side fence? I know that with our estate the only covenant on air con is that the unit cannot be visible from the road, so it has to be at the rear of the house or behind a side fence. Maybe your estate means something like that - if it's visible from the road it has to match the roof??? Nic. Built the Coral Homes Hamilton 252 - moved in 20/10/2010 and loving it!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=27215 Re: Aircon units for a surfmist roof 3Jan 29, 2010 2:58 pm We have *just* had ours installed (yesterday!!!) This is a brivis evaporative unit in beige on a surfmist roof. It isn't an exact match, but surely it's not *too* far off that you wouldn't be allowed to do it? Considering the environmental benefits of having a surfmist roof (less need to use said aircon unit!!! Better for the hip pocket and the environment), surely they can't deny you from using this colour just because there is no perfect match? If it is facing the rear of the property then nobody should see it from the road and it shouldn't matter to anyone what colour it is... our roof/aircon: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Aircon units for a surfmist roof 4Jan 29, 2010 3:12 pm Thank you both for your replies. And thanks for the pic somewoman. It actually does like like a close enough match. I really doubt it would be a huge issue but was just one of those things I thought I better look into. The weird thing is, is that as it is a coastal estate in the covenants you have to have a light coloured roof, so it is a bit stupid really to say you must have a light roof but then they havn't looked into the aircon side of it. Thanks again. Building in Perth. Celebration homes Oasis. Pre-start complete 25th March 2010 Titles due April 2010 Re: Aircon units for a surfmist roof 5Jan 29, 2010 3:27 pm sounds to me like they want you to have as close a match as possible then... They can't enforce an exact match because the manufacturers of the aircon units and roof components just do not have the same colour palette. Our unit is a little more yellowy and slightly darker than the roof, but overall it's not hugely different and I'm quite happy with the result. Thank you so much. We ended going with the terrain that’s part of our brick. 2 2534 Dover white or surfmist garage door. I am having trouble choosing a garage door. The outside of house will be tranquel retreat. I want it to all blend nicely however I… 0 6812 The unit normally clips into a metal plate screwed to the wall, either plate is not flush, or unit not hooked in and could be hanging from the pipes partly, either might… 2 15786 |