Things you forget - summary page 32

JP19833 · Aug 24, 2015 12:09 am

This is brilliant i wish i saw this before i started the process. So
Many things i have forgotten by the looks of it.

Hootie · Sep 14, 2015 3:20 am

This is not about something I forgot, but rather I wish I knew earlier.

Today is Sustainable House Day and in WA, we visited a house where the owner spec'ed 870 door openings throughout internally vs the standard 820.

While this may not seem like a big deal, to us it seem to make a noticeable feel to the size of the rooms, even the smaller rooms.

Just thought I'd share.

shellby · Oct 12, 2015 10:43 am

This never occurred to me until we did our choices - my DH is tall - 6'6 and I didn't know that in standard height mirrors he can not see his head without having to bend down - so we had both mirrors in both bathrooms made taller than average (I have 3 boys - 2 in teenage years so will affect them in a few years also) so DH will be able to see himself now.

We also had the shower heads raised to.

MrsJM · Oct 13, 2015 9:28 am

shellby

This never occurred to me until we did our choices - my DH is tall - 6'6 and I didn't know that in standard height mirrors he can not see his head without having to bend down - so we had both mirrors in both bathrooms made taller than average (I have 3 boys - 2 in teenage years so will affect them in a few years also) so DH will be able to see himself now.

We also had the shower heads raised to.

Wow that's a good one! Good pick up!! Will have to check mine

CR Partners · Oct 13, 2015 2:02 pm

shellby

This never occurred to me until we did our choices - my DH is tall - 6'6 and I didn't know that in standard height mirrors he can not see his head without having to bend down - so we had both mirrors in both bathrooms made taller than average (I have 3 boys - 2 in teenage years so will affect them in a few years also) so DH will be able to see himself now.

We also had the shower heads raised to.

We also check shower screen heights also if shower heads have been moved.

regards
John
CR Partners

shellby · Oct 14, 2015 12:16 pm

John,

You're right, we also had to have our screens increased for the shower heads - but for a total $200 it was worth it for us.

Quasar-NSW · Oct 15, 2015 12:26 pm

2-cupcakes-pls

This is the one thing I wished I had did for the house I am building now

to get more room in the bedrooms place the robes under the eaves of the house.

This is a genius idea and may actually solve our problem (our bedrooms are too small). We are going to talk to the builder about making these changes - thanks for the tip! I would have never thought of that!!! So excited to have an idea as the solution to our problem - thanks again!

Ilaeria · Oct 15, 2015 12:41 pm

I actually personally prefer putting the wardrobes in between the rooms so that rather than just sharing a plasterboard wall they have a buffer in between to help with noise control

But pushing out to eaves works in cases where that isn't possible, for sure.

Quasar-NSW · Oct 15, 2015 12:44 pm

Cavoodles

It's not so much we forgot - we didn't know anything about tile mitring and the interior designer we met with to help make selections (service offered by builder) didn't mention it, tile shop didn't mention it, pre-start girl didn't mention it and now we are almost finished build and seen our tiles aren't mitred and have horrible terracotta coloured edge!! This goes around nib wall in ensuite and is very noticeble! If we had been told this was something we had to specifically ask for we would have! Make sure you specify this!! Haven't asked our builder bout it yet but we are very disappointed it wasn't discussed as optional , they knew we were first time builders.

Hi all what are mitre tiles? I have no clue!!! I am new to building and new to Australia, and I don't know what in the blazing heck you all are talking about. Please confirm - thanks "heaps!"

Stewie D · Oct 15, 2015 1:53 pm

Cavoodle - you should post up a pic showing the exposed edges.
Quasar here is an example of mitred tiles... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374009944027385411/
and here is an example of what most guys would use - a metal edge set into the tile glue to give a smooth corner...https://www.tileprotection.com/home.php?cat=253

Stewie

Petad · Oct 20, 2015 9:10 pm

Something the hubby and I never considered, we have been getting quotes for floor coverings
and today the sales guy asked how low/high are our doors from the floor and to ask the builder to get the carpenter to shave them x amount so that the doors will open smoothly so we won't have to shove the door open.(we are getting a plush pile with thick underlay)

Crazyk · Oct 21, 2015 6:35 am

Petad

Something the hubby and I never considered, we have been getting quotes for floor coverings
and today the sales guy asked how low/high are our doors from the floor and to ask the builder to get the carpenter to shave them x amount so that the doors will open smoothly so we won't have to shove the door open.(we are getting a plush pile with thick underlay)

Yes and if you are getting ducted AC you must have a gap under the door or the system won't work properly

kumargaurav83 · Oct 23, 2015 12:43 pm

Hi,

I have 2 questions here:-

1) How important is the single phase surge protector for a single story home? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

1) How important is the relocation of the switch board from outside to the inside of the house (keeping meter box still outside)? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

I will post more as I come across more.

kremlin27 · Oct 23, 2015 1:41 pm

kumargaurav83

Hi,

I have 2 questions here:-

1) How important is the single phase surge protector for a single story home? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

1) How important is the relocation of the switch board from outside to the inside of the house (keeping meter box still outside)? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

I will post more as I come across more.

We got the switchboard put in the garage so if something trips we don't have to go outside and around to the side of the house in the dark to reset it. My personal experience is that electrical things always seem to trip at the most inconvenient times ie at night when it's raining!!!

Knockdown and rebuild - Sahara Q2 with Henley

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75715

kapes0120 · Oct 23, 2015 5:35 pm

I did the same. Switchboard in garage, meterbox outside.

MalSannie · Oct 23, 2015 11:36 pm

If you are going to have dark grout then insist on epoxy grout as it does not discolour from efflorescence. I do not understand why tile shops do not advise builders to do this as standard

Wish I'd known this earlier! (Thanks to Andy Knights from GroutPro for the information)

Beazley77 · Oct 26, 2015 12:00 am

kremlin27

kumargaurav83

Hi,

I have 2 questions here:-

1) How important is the single phase surge protector for a single story home? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

1) How important is the relocation of the switch board from outside to the inside of the house (keeping meter box still outside)? can someone point me to some links which can help me decide if I want it or not, it is fairly expensive

I will post more as I come across more.

We got the switchboard put in the garage so if something trips we don't have to go outside and around to the side of the house in the dark to reset it. My personal experience is that electrical things always seem to trip at the most inconvenient times ie at night when it's raining!!!

Knockdown and rebuild - Sahara Q2 with Henley

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75715

Good idea. Also whilst it's useful to add more circuits than what seems to be standard with builders (4) which isn't enough in this day and age. We ended up with 9 and also crossed
Length ways and half ways across our house so at any time if something tripped we'd still have power and lights somewhere.

SaberX · Oct 26, 2015 10:50 am

Crazyk

Petad

Something the hubby and I never considered, we have been getting quotes for floor coverings
and today the sales guy asked how low/high are our doors from the floor and to ask the builder to get the carpenter to shave them x amount so that the doors will open smoothly so we won't have to shove the door open.(we are getting a plush pile with thick underlay)

Yes and if you are getting ducted AC you must have a gap under the door or the system won't work properly

Never asked this, but i planned to do ducted ac after hand over. Do builders need to be told to leave a bigger gap below the doors than normal for airflow purposes? Or is there some other reason

Crazyk · Oct 26, 2015 12:06 pm

Builders are supposed to do a lot of things they don't. From memory standard is 10mm max

SaberX · Oct 26, 2015 12:09 pm

Crazyk

Builders are supposed to do a lot of things they don't. From memory standard is 10mm max

Is 10mm max space sufficient for air conditioning? What is the standard minimum though?

What is the impact on ducted ac with insufficient clearance. The vacuum effect/havimf to open a window?