Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 24, 2011 4:28 pm Hi guys, We are building with PD and as part of their promotion offer, we can choose from either floor covering (ceramic tiles for the ground floor and carpet for the upper floor) OR evaporative cooling. We intend to get refrigerated cooling and timber flooring for the ground floor. So both the options do not fit our requirements directly. The options we have are: 1) get the flooring option and upgrade the ground floor to timber and pay for refrigerated cooling 2) get evaporative cooling option upgraded and get the flooring done after handover. Since this is a double storey house, it is ideal to get the all duct and wiring related work done by the builder. Apparently flooring is the only thing that you can set aside for after handover. The builder’s quote for refrigerated cooling is outrageous – around $14k. The quote to upgrade to timber flooring is equally bad. Now I am in a fix and am thinking maybe we should get the flooring option as is and only pay through our nose for the refrigerated cooling. I know it all depends on a balance between personal preferences and cost. But, it helps to hear from people on this forum - What would you do? Thanks. Building with PD 01.06.11 Contract Sigd 01.10.11 Site Start 04.11.11 Frame Complete 20.01.12 Fix Stage Complete 31.03.12 Handover Complete *16.04.2012 Moved in* Re: Flooring and Refrigerated cooling options 2Feb 24, 2011 4:41 pm For the aircon How many Sqm ( internal ) is the house ? Outlets ? Zones ? what make ? cos $14K doesnt sound too bad ( provided it is a good brand ) Where are ya ? Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Flooring and Refrigerated cooling options 3Feb 24, 2011 8:52 pm 14k for refrigerated ducted cooling can be considered a steal for a double storey home. You should probably confirm that all structural costs / electrical connections & upgrades are included in this price, rather than just for the unit itself. Ditto to Echo; and what's the output of the system? Ours is a 17.3kW and was priced at $20k+ installed. Re: Flooring and Refrigerated cooling options 4Feb 24, 2011 9:04 pm 14k for refridgerated sounds about right for a full ducted system unfortunatly. Evaporative would be much cheaper but still around 5 -6k. If you do go for the aircon do you still need to choose a floor type or can you do that later on? I'd be looking at getting the flooring done so you can actually live in the place, then once you have saved up a bit you can get the air con sorted as you please. Re: Flooring and Refrigerated cooling options 5Feb 24, 2011 9:13 pm That is a good price - we paid $11k last year for a single storey with three phase power, 2 x zones and upgraded our ducted heating unit. You will find if you get quotes externally that it is quite competitive. One of my friends built a 43sq double and was quoted $15k from her builder - she shopped around and one of the places said to her to take it as there was no way they could match that price! Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: Flooring and Refrigerated cooling options 6Mar 02, 2011 12:01 pm Hi guys Thanks for all the responses. Echo, We are building a 46 square double storey house. We are building in the new Mirvac estate in Wantirna South. We do not know about the number of outlets yet. It is going to be a zoned - two zones one for each floor. We do not know about the brand either. Going by what the Sales guys says, PD usually get reasonably good brands. Irkj, Thanks. The cost is all inclusive. I shall check the capacity/output. Do you have any idea of the output levels that I should go for a double storey 46 sq house? For ducts, the system would be using the same one as the heating system. So it will be a single, wider, ducting for both. Meatbag, Getting the flooring done externally is easier. Getting the heating/cooling post handover is a pain in the case of a double storey home. It is always better to get ducting and wiring (e.g. home theatre) etc. done as part of the build. Flooring is something that anyone will come in and do for you and possibly at a lesser cost. Kind Regds Building with PD 01.06.11 Contract Sigd 01.10.11 Site Start 04.11.11 Frame Complete 20.01.12 Fix Stage Complete 31.03.12 Handover Complete *16.04.2012 Moved in* Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6454 Ha all, I am now about half way (maybe a bit more) through my build with Carlisle Homes - double-storey knockdown/rebuild project. So I am now doing my due diligence and… 0 3713 Standard uninsulated double brick has an R value of around 0.7. An insulated standard 90mm stud timber frame can have an R value of around 2.7. Even if you insulate a… 17 12003 |