Building our dream home.. walls no longer bare!

DeeElle · Jan 31, 2008 10:58 pm

Hmm ... I would be pursuing the overhang with the builder VJ (as you have done).

In relation to the 'knocked off bits' ... I know that knots do fall out of wood, so perhaps they aren't too much of a problem. We built a pergola out of oregon once and several knots had fallen out of the wood. I wasn't impressed but I understand it is common.

Others on the forum with more expertise should be able to advise you.

Good luck.

MaylandsManor · Feb 01, 2008 10:31 am

hi VJ,
a mud room? that could be dirty :lol:

I think i want one :wink:

your home looks like it is coming along nicely.
Helen

VJ · Feb 01, 2008 1:49 pm

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Hmm ... I would be pursuing the overhang with the builder VJ (as you have done).

DeeElle,
Yes, we already informed our CSR about it, but no response yet.

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In relation to the 'knocked off bits' ... I know that knots do fall out of wood, so perhaps they aren't too much of a problem. We built a pergola out of oregon once and several knots had fallen out of the wood. I wasn't impressed but I understand it is common.

I hope this is not really an issue.. and it won't affect the stability of our frames.

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a mud room? that could be dirty
I think i want one

i just got the name of the room from another builder... but that's actually not part of the standard plan. we've always wanted to have an area where you can store your shoes (i love 'em!) and hang your coats when you enter from the driveway. good thing it's easy for the Nevada garage to be moved to the left to make way for a mud room. Imagine, it's gonna be more than a meter in width and the length is as long as the garage! Lots of storage for my shoes now! :lol:

VJ · Feb 01, 2008 10:09 pm

We sent a follow up email to our CSR re: the issues with the overhang timber and finally received a feedback.

Found out that we have a new site supervisor starting today.
They promised that we would receive a call from him next week (we hope so) re: the issues that we raised and to introduce himself.

Our email was supported by photos and the building code that was not adhered to.

According to our CSR, our new SS has already contacted the concreter to have the slab rectified.

Hopefully we receive a positive outcome next week.

Visited the site today........... but nothing changed.
More udpate next week!!!

PhoenixStar · Feb 01, 2008 10:39 pm

Hi VJ, sorry to hear about the overhang issue... it seems to happen a bit these days??? I'm sure they will fix it, they are not going to risk having warranty issues like that...

I did notice it as soon as i saw your pics... i'm glad that someone picked it up....and that it is being rectified....

By the way we met our site super today.... i suggest you ask for a face to face meeting with your new one.... then there can be no misunderstandings....

Nice to see your house coming along though....

Minx · Feb 02, 2008 11:13 am

**Phoenix**

Hi VJ, sorry to hear about the overhang issue... it seems to happen a bit these days??? I'm sure they will fix it, they are not going to risk having warranty issues like that...

I did notice it as soon as i saw your pics... i'm glad that someone picked it up....and that it is being rectified....

By the way we met our site super today.... i suggest you ask for a face to face meeting with your new one.... then there can be no misunderstandings....

Nice to see your house coming along though....

Bottom line it shouldn't happen. My partner was not surprised when he saw it and I told him about it, but is getting dissapointed with tradies slapping things together. He blames the builders and what they pay their trades. In his opinion, if they were to pay the going rate, the level of quality would improve dramatically.

VJ · Feb 02, 2008 9:59 pm

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Hi VJ, sorry to hear about the overhang issue... it seems to happen a bit these days??? I'm sure they will fix it, they are not going to risk having warranty issues like that...

I did notice it as soon as i saw your pics... i'm glad that someone picked it up....and that it is being rectified....

Hi Phoenix,

Long time no hear!

Yes, we feel better now after learning from our CSR that SS had already contacted the concreter.
Imagine, 25 years structural guarantee.

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By the way we met our site super today.... i suggest you ask for a face to face meeting with your new one.... then there can be no misunderstandings....

Nice to see your house coming along though....

Thanks for the suggestion.
We'll make sure that we meet him face to face ASAP.

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Bottom line it shouldn't happen.

Minx,
Definitely, it shouldn't happen.
Especially our builder, giving 25 years structural guarantee.
Actually, it's the concreter's fault.. but our former SS should have seen it earlier (before we saw it) and asked the concreter to rectify it.
Probably that's why we have a new SS now.

DeeElle · Feb 03, 2008 12:32 pm

I'm sure they will sort it out VJ. We will all have various problems along the way ... at least it has been picked up and is in the process of being rectified.

Our builder forgot to send power to the island bench in the kitchen so they are going to have to cut the slab to wire it. Better late than never.

Michelle · Feb 03, 2008 3:37 pm

I am really interested in HOW this is going to be done? :shock:

Make sure your around VJ…..love to see the photos of the “fix up of the overhang”. :shock:

Someone got their measurements wrong! Truly……love to see the end result.

Plus, I will add here, its not to big an issue….big enough, but it can be fixed…..I can just see the concreter now ##*^#****#%# would not wont to be there! :lol:

PhoenixStar · Feb 03, 2008 4:06 pm

VJ, I remember seeing pictures recently posted by someone else with a similar scenario... If i remember correctly, it was underpinned with timber....whether that is the "best way" to resolve the issue or not, i do not know...Some spots, it seems are that big that you could probably sit a brick under there....

Don't stress VJ, I'm sure "M" will fix it, but if you really want to , it might put your mind more at ease to arrange an independent inspection......

Michelle · Feb 03, 2008 4:16 pm

Let’s hope they don’t use the timber supports as the end result…if so, I hope they are White Ant treated supports!

It will be fixed there no issue there…..but it better be concrete P!

PhoenixStar · Feb 03, 2008 4:22 pm

Michelle

Let’s hope they don’t use the timber supports as the end result…if so, I hope they are White Ant treated supports!

It will be fixed there no issue there…..but it better be concrete P!

Hey i'm no expert, but i wouldn't have thought that they wouldn't be able to "add" such a small amount of concrete to the slab now....

VJ, make sure you ask HOW it is going to be rectified....

Michelle · Feb 03, 2008 4:28 pm

They can do it….they will have to form it all up and do a small pour by hand mixing.
That’s what I meant by the concreter *&^^%$%%^ ….he will have a fiddly job to do.

Its the best way to get a solid support underneath, even if its as close as he can get the framework, doesn’t matter, the support is there.

IMO :wink:

VJ · Feb 04, 2008 7:18 pm

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I'm sure they will sort it out VJ. We will all have various problems along the way ... at least it has been picked up and is in the process of being rectified.

Our builder forgot to send power to the island bench in the kitchen so they are going to have to cut the slab to wire it. Better late than never.

Yes, they should

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We need to know how they are going to do it (as Phoenix also suggested).

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I am really interested in HOW this is going to be done?

Make sure your around VJ…..love to see the photos of the “fix up of the overhang”.

It will definitely be well documented through photos and videos.. hehe.
I'll be on leave for a week next week.. and I will have all the time to check the site for 5 working days. If our SS doesn't call us (as promised) this week, I'll make sure that we meet face-to-face next week.

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Someone got their measurements wrong! Truly……love to see the end result.

Hmpf..

it's the concreter.....

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VJ, make sure you ask HOW it is going to be rectified....

Yes Phoenix, we are going to ask our SS how it is going to be fixed

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VJ, I remember seeing pictures recently posted by someone else with a similar scenario... If i remember correctly, it was underpinned with timber....whether that is the "best way" to resolve the issue or not, i do not know...Some spots, it seems are that big that you could probably sit a brick under there....

Phoenix, the one at the portico was too big that it could even fit two bricks side by side! When I took the photo from inside the house, the hole was too big, at least half a brick!

Anyway, as long as they fix it properly, there's no major drama on our part.
Otherwise... :evil:

clath · Feb 05, 2008 12:28 am

Hey VJ , i havent been on for a while and just saw your overhang issue... all i can say is wow :shock:

Yes we had chipped timber too but apparently nothing to worry about but in retrospect it still dosent look nice when you see it.. our windows are Woodland Grey also.

VJ · Feb 05, 2008 1:54 pm

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Hey VJ , i havent been on for a while and just saw your overhang issue... all i can say is wow

Yes we had chipped timber too but apparently nothing to worry about but in retrospect it still dosent look nice when you see it.. our windows are Woodland Grey also.

We demanded our SS to inform us how it will be rectified and ensure that we are there when they do it.
It was really frustrating when we saw it... all the excitement fade away.

Yes, we love Woodland Grey... it's also the colour of our gutter/facia.

PhoenixStar · Feb 05, 2008 2:03 pm

VJ

We demanded our SS to inform us how it will be rectified and ensure that we are there when they do it.

VJ make sure you get it in writing........

VJ · Feb 05, 2008 2:04 pm

We have another issue...

our SS called up my husband yesterday to inform us that the 2340mm high timber door to the HT area won't fit because of the bulkhead (?).
SS was asking whether we want to change it to the smaller 2040mm door or make all the ground floor doors 2040mm to make it uniform.

But.....

ground floor has high ceiling and putting a smaller door wouldn't look good at all

ok... we agreed today to have it changed to the smaller 2040 timber door.
but after a few minutes, CSR emailed us with another problem...
according to our SS, the pantry glazed timber sliding doors will have to be replaced with a smaller door too!

so they were suggesting to change all doors to the ground floor to 2040mm.

they are leaving us with no choice....
we don't like to change it...
but do we have a choice?

can you please advise us?????

VJ · Feb 05, 2008 2:15 pm

We just wonder, how come they didn't see that issue when they were revising the plan?

The HT room, we understand, because originally it was the lounge area and there was bulkhead(?) on the entry area (we saw the photos that we took of the display home).
For the pantry though, as we made it bigger by using up the hallway going to the laundry (and moving the laundry opening near the powder room instead), we wonder why it was also affected.
We checked the photos and saw that the door used in the pantry was a high door. Is it because we changed it to a sliding door?
I can't believe this is happening.
Do builders have a right to change plans during construction?
Can we still insist that was on the plans and in the contract?
Please help!!!

PhoenixStar · Feb 05, 2008 2:15 pm

VJ

We have another issue...

our SS called up my husband yesterday to inform us that the 2340mm high timber door to the HT area won't fit because of the bulkhead (?).
SS was asking whether we want to change it to the smaller 2040mm door or make all the ground floor doors 2040mm to make it uniform.

But.....

ground floor has high ceiling and putting a smaller door wouldn't look good at all

ok... we agreed today to have it changed to the smaller 2040 timber door.
but after a few minutes, CSR emailed us with another problem...
according to our SS, the pantry glazed timber sliding doors will have to be replaced with a smaller door too!

so they were suggesting to change all doors to the ground floor to 2040mm.

they are leaving us with no choice....
we don't like to change it...
but do we have a choice?

can you please advise us?????

VJ, make them fix the problem... If the bulkheads are too low, then get the chippies back in to fix it.... why should you have to change ALL the doors because they stuffed up?????

OMG they have a cheek don't they????? Stand your ground, high ceilings look awesome with the taller doors.... not sure if you'll like the look of smaller doors with really big bulkheads....

Call them back and say it's not" our" problem.....your stuff up....FIX IT!!!!!!