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thank you - some good info in this thread which will go a long way!

Knew I didnt explain it very well sorry CrazyK. I mean in terms of how they join the stone to give the 40mm look. Here is a link to a picture that might explain it better, but perhaps someone with more knowledge on this subject would be kind enough to give some more info?
http://vic-stonenglass.com.au/wp-conten ... iles-1.png

The mitred look is nice, if done very well the join is seemless and it looks as though it is one bit of stone.

Wow have spent the last few days reading through the entire thread! Well done everyone who has contributed so far.

I thought I had a fairly comprehensive list - boy was I wrong!

We are only approaching pre-start but the one thing I have had suggested to me - that I haven't seen on here so far - is to make sure that if you have boosted HWS, make sure the booster button is inside the house. If it's outside you coould have a chilly/wet trip to put it on!

On a similar topic, if you have electric boosted Solar Hot Water, particulary the more efficient Evacuated Tube type, then consider a 24hr/7day timer in your circuit breaker box.

That way you can automatically set up the times and days when you want the water to be electrically boosted.

In our old place, and it will happen in my new build, we had ET SHW, and set the timer to electrically boost at around 4pm every second day for an hour. If the water was at full temperature in the tank, it used no electricity, but if they days were overcast or a lot of hot water was being used, then it would boost it then.

We also had the timer set to boost for an hour at around 6am on our big washing days, so we had plenty of hot water.

Of course you will still get several days of no decent heating sun, but these timers also allow you to turn things on manually, you just had to remember to turn it back to timer mode afterwards.

Another good reason to have your circuit breaker board mounted inside the garage behind your meter box that has to be on the outside wall.

Gas boosting is different, as it only boosts the hot water if the water drops below the set temperature, but with electric boosted SHW, as the water mixes it can start the boost process, even though there is plenty of sun.

Oh no I couldn't think of anything worse.

You may have to paint that edge

I thought they were already laid but yeah that's an option if you can

Gas line to the alfresco, in case you want to use the main gas line for your BBQ or outdoor kitchen.