Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Porter Davis homes 13301Jul 25, 2016 5:54 am Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Porter Davis homes 13306Jul 25, 2016 8:41 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 13308Jul 25, 2016 10:03 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 13310Jul 26, 2016 9:18 am Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Porter Davis homes 13315Jul 26, 2016 4:43 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: Porter Davis homes 13318Jul 26, 2016 5:35 pm corygee walks corygee [quote="walks"][quote="corygee"][quote="Waldorf_Grange_Build"][quote="corygee"]Hi all, We're building the Montague 19, electrical was fitted out the other day but we've discovered a power point under the sink (in the cabinet) in our bathroom. Is something like this normal? It's certainly impractical, and not where the power point was placed at the display homes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Does it show as there in your electrical plan? We went through every PowerPoint with our consultant and chose placement. Some were in cupboards for things like dishwasher and oven. The electrical plan is birds eye only. Not sure how we could have known they planned to put it there since it looks to be on the wall. It should be between the tiling by the shower - see the second pic. Whilst it's a birds eye view there are different symbols for different height powerpoints. Have a look at your plan, you'll notice that some have no fill, the others are full black and there is also one that is half half. On the legend it has what their height is next to it. No fill height 300mm Half half 1100mm Solid black 1350 There are also pretty strict regs to do with powerpoints in wet areas and you can't have a PowerPoint above a sink or even to the side of a sink within a certain measurement, maybe 300mm but it's been over ten years since I was a sparky doing Metricon and I can't remember exactly I'd be interested to see a pic of that part of the electrical plan if you feel like posting a shot?[/quote] Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 110cm is stated on our plan. That should put it at the height we saw in the display home. In any case I've sent the photo to my site supervisor with a request to move it. [/quote] Do you know what the measurement is from sink to power point if it was at 1100mm. The measurement is taken at a diagonal. I would almost certainly say that it has to do with it being to close to either the sink or bath. They would definitely need to use an ip rated switch. Still it's on the plan at 1100 and you have grounds to get them to move it/add another one in a more suitable place. Whilst not ideal perhaps on the opposite wall?[/quote] I'll be able to take measurement tomorrow and will let you know. Yes opposite wall would be better than under the sink if it can't be placed as we saw in the display home (sideways between shower and mirror). [/quote] Another issue would be where the stud is but any sparky worth their salt will be able to get one there as long as it's within regs. Re: Porter Davis homes 13319Jul 26, 2016 6:58 pm A few things... I had some electrical work done in my kitchen and to get to some wires, they had to cut into cabinetry, which leaves a hole, obviously. The sparky made it a power point to cover the hole. That could be the reason? Secondly, I don't see water valves / taps attached to those pipes running to your vanity. Typically taps / shutoff valves are installed in cabinets in the event that the tap in the vanity fails....are they installed but not in the picture, or is that an upgrade? Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Porter Davis homes 13320Jul 27, 2016 1:13 pm yoyo72 also in regards to 6 star we made heaps of changes to our waldorf, extra windows everywhere, extra sliders and made them bigger and we had no upgrades to meet 6 start at all which reading from a few pages back seems an absolute miracle lol....but thats awesome as our site costs more than doubled at contract so wasnt happy added an extra 25k to the budget i didnt really have... We will be finding out if we meet our 6 star rating or need to make some upgrades next week. We have been informed that structural changes are part of the reason it may not meet 6 star but also all external colours can affect it. We have a Basalt roof and Timeless Grey Hebel so as these are both quite a dark grey it could mean we are less energy efficient and will need to upgrade (probably to double glazed windows) Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12672 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 75374 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 106255 |