Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18501Sep 28, 2018 8:36 am Hi fellas, need information about getting a private inspector. Was reading up and some people recommend it. We will probably move in just before Christmas. Haven't had any independent inspection since the build started. Thinking of just getting a final inspection done. When do you organize it? Before or after handover? I presume if it's pre-handover then I will have to arrange a mutual time with my site manager and the independent inspector to be onsite? Anything else I need to be aware of? Thank you. Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18502Sep 28, 2018 9:07 am SnowLeopard Hi fellas, need information about getting a private inspector. Was reading up and some people recommend it. We will probably move in just before Christmas. Haven't had any independent inspection since the build started. Thinking of just getting a final inspection done. When do you organize it? Before or after handover? I presume if it's pre-handover then I will have to arrange a mutual time with my site manager and the independent inspector to be onsite? Anything else I need to be aware of? Thank you. You just need to call private inspector and tell them the stage you are and ask for the cost. Make sure you have a pre lining and before handover stage. Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18503Sep 28, 2018 9:44 am wentworth33 SnowLeopard Hi fellas, need information about getting a private inspector. Was reading up and some people recommend it. We will probably move in just before Christmas. Haven't had any independent inspection since the build started. Thinking of just getting a final inspection done. When do you organize it? Before or after handover? I presume if it's pre-handover then I will have to arrange a mutual time with my site manager and the independent inspector to be onsite? Anything else I need to be aware of? Thank you. You just need to call private inspector and tell them the stage you are and ask for the cost. Make sure you have a pre lining and before handover stage. Thanks Wentworth33, it's too late for pre-lining. Our walls are on undercoat was done a couple of days ago. I'll call up a company and find out what their process is. Do you have any recommendation? Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18504Sep 28, 2018 3:17 pm Gambit79 We moved in last September. Have been doing landscaping since then. Now the CDC are chasing us to get the final OC. But we have to do some stupid Works as Executed survey first, which no one told us about and it costs $1000. bumblebee1985 Gambit79 Hi all Has anyone gone about a process of a final occupation certificate without engaging the private certifier? We are having a lot of issues with our certifier and now Clarendon stating we need to engage a surveyor at our own cost to provide a report on our hydraulics. Any stories of getting around this would be great. Cheers Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18505Sep 28, 2018 3:53 pm bumblebee1985 Gambit79 We moved in last September. Have been doing landscaping since then. Now the CDC are chasing us to get the final OC. But we have to do some stupid Works as Executed survey first, which no one told us about and it costs $1000. bumblebee1985 [quote="Gambit79"]Hi all Has anyone gone about a process of a final occupation certificate without engaging the private certifier? We are having a lot of issues with our certifier and now Clarendon stating we need to engage a surveyor at our own cost to provide a report on our hydraulics. Any stories of getting around this would be great. Cheers Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18506Sep 28, 2018 4:07 pm Gambit79 bumblebee1985 Gambit79 We moved in last September. Have been doing landscaping since then. Now the CDC are chasing us to get the final OC. But we have to do some stupid Works as Executed survey first, which no one told us about and it costs $1000. [quote="bumblebee1985"][quote="Gambit79"]Hi all Has anyone gone about a process of a final occupation certificate without engaging the private certifier? We are having a lot of issues with our certifier and now Clarendon stating we need to engage a surveyor at our own cost to provide a report on our hydraulics. Any stories of getting around this would be great. Cheers [/quote]What sneaks!!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18507Sep 28, 2018 7:31 pm SnowLeopard wentworth33 SnowLeopard Hi fellas, need information about getting a private inspector. Was reading up and some people recommend it. We will probably move in just before Christmas. Haven't had any independent inspection since the build started. Thinking of just getting a final inspection done. When do you organize it? Before or after handover? I presume if it's pre-handover then I will have to arrange a mutual time with my site manager and the independent inspector to be onsite? Anything else I need to be aware of? Thank you. You just need to call private inspector and tell them the stage you are and ask for the cost. Make sure you have a pre lining and before handover stage. Thanks Wentworth33, it's too late for pre-lining. Our walls are on undercoat was done a couple of days ago. I'll call up a company and find out what their process is. Do you have any recommendation? I use Jims building. Depending on where you build, they have different people, unless you go direct. Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18508Sep 30, 2018 12:06 pm Mrs RS Spooky8080 Mrs RS Have a question regarding waterproof how high it's done for wall heights. .. If you have a picture please share need to clarify our waterproofing. ...thanks in advance The first stage they do walls, plaster joins and floor, the second stage is as per your picture just floor and it is an epoxy including a lip around the floor basin. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We don't have anything on the wall thats all shown in the pic... I thought it should be bit high up will ask ss when at site. ... How did you go with waterproofing? We don't have any waterproofing on the walls. Just the floor and joints. Was thinking they will complete it but tiles were delivered this week and don't think waterproofing people are coming back. Edit: Figured out HIA standard changed and now builders don't have to waterproof the walls in the shower, just the joints and corners. Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18509Oct 01, 2018 12:10 am report from our QA inspector - "Walls to shower area have not been completely waterproofed. Walls should be made waterproofed up to a height of 1800mm." Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clarendon agreed that the quality could be improved and re-did the waterproofing as below. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18510Oct 01, 2018 1:06 am vannpaul report from our QA inspector - "Walls to shower area have not been completely waterproofed. Walls should be made waterproofed up to a height of 1800mm." Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clarendon agreed that the quality could be improved and re-did the waterproofing as below. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's interesting. I'll raise it with the site manager and see. I noticed your walls and ceiling corners are sealed but our aren't. We were told it's because we got full height tiles. Did you get full height tiles? Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18511Oct 01, 2018 3:23 pm SnowLeopard vannpaul report from our QA inspector - "Walls to shower area have not been completely waterproofed. Walls should be made waterproofed up to a height of 1800mm." Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clarendon agreed that the quality could be improved and re-did the waterproofing as below. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's interesting. I'll raise it with the site manager and see. I noticed your walls and ceiling corners are sealed but our aren't. We were told it's because we got full height tiles. Did you get full height tiles? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ yes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ - full height tiles Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18512Oct 02, 2018 10:59 am vannpaul SnowLeopard vannpaul report from our QA inspector - "Walls to shower area have not been completely waterproofed. Walls should be made waterproofed up to a height of 1800mm." Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clarendon agreed that the quality could be improved and re-did the waterproofing as below. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's interesting. I'll raise it with the site manager and see. I noticed your walls and ceiling corners are sealed but our aren't. We were told it's because we got full height tiles. Did you get full height tiles? yes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ - full height tiles Thanks for the photos. Spoke with the site manager and he said don't have to do all the walls. It's been approved and certified. Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18513Oct 02, 2018 12:22 pm SnowLeopard vannpaul SnowLeopard [quote="vannpaul"]report from our QA inspector - "Walls to shower area have not been completely waterproofed. Walls should be made waterproofed up to a height of 1800mm." Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clarendon agreed that the quality could be improved and re-did the waterproofing as below. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's interesting. I'll raise it with the site manager and see. I noticed your walls and ceiling corners are sealed but our aren't. We were told it's because we got full height tiles. Did you get full height tiles? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ yes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ - full height tiles Thanks for the photos. Spoke with the site manager and he said don't have to do all the walls. It's been approved and certified.[/quote] If you are in NSW I believe that meets their standards. Queensland has to have all the walls in the shower done. Building a modified Madison 39 with Clarendon Homes in Tennyson homeone link: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79106 Blog Link: https://minandb.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18514Oct 02, 2018 4:50 pm we are building in NSW also. The difference that we wanted to stress to clarendon, that as an industry leader that promotes superior quality in their builds, that barely satisfying technical compliance is inadequate. as you probably noticed in some of the earlier shots, reaching the minimum heights in one small section of the wall and missing the rest altogether is not a 'fit for purpose' waterproofing treatment. once confronted about the level of quality, I do commend clarendon on accepting this argument and rectifying the works. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18515Oct 02, 2018 5:23 pm vannpaul we are building in NSW also. The difference that we wanted to stress to clarendon, that as an industry leader that promotes superior quality in their builds, that barely satisfying technical compliance is inadequate. as you probably noticed in some of the earlier shots, reaching the minimum heights in one small section of the wall and missing the rest altogether is not a 'fit for purpose' waterproofing treatment. once confronted about the level of quality, I do commend clarendon on accepting this argument and rectifying the works. That's exactly right. Waterproofing is an integral part and must be ensured that it's superior quality rather than bare minimum. It's not they have to go out of their way to waterproof shower walls. Extra 20 bucks worth of membrane applied by a few brush strokes by someone who's already there, don't think it's so hard. We have emailed our customer service consultant. They sent us the waterproofing certificate but are also considering if it can be improved. Hopefully they will waterproof it. Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18516Oct 02, 2018 5:29 pm MinandB If you are in NSW I believe that meets their standards. Queensland has to have all the walls in the shower done. That's correct, it meets their minimum standards in NSW. Standards changed in 2010. Until then, all shower walls needed to waterproofed up to 1800mm. I wonder why would the standard change? Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18517Oct 02, 2018 6:06 pm my understanding is that the NCC 2016 only requires shower waterproofing on walls up to 150mm and that up to 1800mm needs to be Water resistant (rather than water proof). builders are using villaboard as a 'water resistant' surface in bathrooms, which whilst compliant, is not ideal. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18518Oct 10, 2018 8:25 am Hi all, couple of trusses sagged and ceiling in a bedroom bulged from the right hand side wall to almost the middle of the house. Trusses have been fixed and gyprock re-done. Site manager confirmed it's all fixed. But looking at the roof tiles from outside, few tiles aren't straight and look wavy. Is it minor or should I be concerned? Please see attached photos and I'd appreciate sharing your opinion. Sagged ceiling before fix.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wavy roof tiles highlighted.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wavy roof tiles.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Killara 28 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 18519Oct 11, 2018 2:13 pm Whenever i was concerned about something i tried to reach out to a supplier such as Boral to get an opinion...they might be able to advise if the uneven tiles will cause issues down the track... SnowLeopard Hi all, couple of trusses sagged and ceiling in a bedroom bulged from the right hand side wall to almost the middle of the house. Trusses have been fixed and gyprock re-done. Site manager confirmed it's all fixed. But looking at the roof tiles from outside, few tiles aren't straight and look wavy. Is it minor or should I be concerned? Please see attached photos and I'd appreciate sharing your opinion. Sagged ceiling before fix.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wavy roof tiles highlighted.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wavy roof tiles.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It is Genneral stairs, but they won't deal with anyone off the street. They will only work with clients of project home builders. I tried to but some of these exact… 3 7992 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 8383 I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 46280 |