Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 04, 2012 8:19 pm Anyone knows the dimesions tolerance standard for building new home. One of room in my house have 20mm more in the end and 15mm less at the entry compare to the floor plan that is totally have about 35mm difference. The room is not square and builder said it could fix by plaster. But I am still not happy about it. Re: Dimesions 2Nov 04, 2012 8:57 pm So technically your house is 5mm or half a centimetre bigger? I could understand if you had a custom designed couch or cabinent made to fit the theatre room and it didn't fit by 15mm. But this is the entry hallway? I'd said there would be a tolerance cut off point, but I doubt that 1.5cm to 2cm would be within it. You gotta remember while it's ideal to get the right dimensions, your house isn't being built by rocket scientists or plane engineers, was probabley layed by a apprentice or TA. It would be nice too know what the tolerance is though, but in your case sadly I think you would be within it. Re: Dimesions 3Nov 04, 2012 10:05 pm ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Dimesions 4Nov 04, 2012 11:15 pm Well I went over that pdf PAB_34 and I am not really sure if I understood it properly or not (was a lot of beating around the bush) But I read something like a 5mm tolerance so murphywei maybe entitled to tell them to knock it down and start again after all? Re: Dimesions 5Nov 05, 2012 9:03 am The way I interpret 2.06 Building Dimensions (pg 18 of the pdf) is that if the room is 3000mm wide and it is plus 20mm at one end then L/100 (L being 3000) is 30mm and the variation is only 20mm i.e. within the allowable tolerance, same as the minus 15mm, still less than 30mm. This is based on the huge assumption of mine that the room is 3m wide. Murphywei – What is the width of the room? ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Dimesions 6Nov 05, 2012 1:26 pm PAB_34 The way I interpret 2.06 Building Dimensions (pg 18 of the pdf) is that if the room is 3000mm wide and it is plus 20mm at one end then L/100 (L being 3000) is 30mm and the variation is only 20mm i.e. within the allowable tolerance, same as the minus 15mm, still less than 30mm. This is based on the huge assumption of mine that the room is 3m wide. Murphywei – What is the width of the room? Thanks PAB-34, I have upload the picutres to better explain this case. Also the pg18 of 2.96 Building Dimesions says L/100 or 5mm that means either condition meet will exceed the allowable tolerance? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Uploaded with ImageShack.us Re: Dimesions 7Nov 05, 2012 1:49 pm murphywei Thanks PAB-34, I have upload the picutres to better explain this case. Also the pg18 of 2.96 Building Dimesions says L/100 or 5mm that means either condition meet will exceed the allowable tolerance? If you are going to quote the document, quote all of it. “Departures from the documented set out ..... are defects if they exceed L/100 or 5mm, whichever is the greater, where L is the documented dimension.” The key to the above is “whichever is the greater” 1) The documented set out dimension is 3220mm 2) The tolerance is L/100 32.2m (i.e. 3220/100) or 5mm (whichever is the greater) therefore 32mm 3) The variations are 21mm (3241-3220) and 16mm (3220-3204) 21mm and 16mm are less than 32mm therefore fall within the allowable tolerance. What I don’t know is if the tolerance is at calculated at either end of the room (as worked out above) or the total deviation of the wall, 37mm (21mm + 16mm) which thinking about it now and see the plan, makes more sense. If it is, then yes, the wall is does fall outside the limits of the acceptable tolerance. Sort of an answer but with another question.....sorry about that. ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Dimesions 9Nov 05, 2012 3:46 pm Thanks so much PAB_34, I have make sensor now after your comprehensive explanation. So anyone can tell me which organization can help me to solve the last question (total deviation or not). I am in WA and need to find best solution to solve this problem with Builder. Thanks. Re: Dimesions 10Nov 05, 2012 5:35 pm murphywei, Three suggestions: 1 – point out the total deviation to the builder and the and that it falls outside the guidelines (show him a copy of the pdf) from the Victorian Building Commission and see how he reacts. 2 – get in touch with http://www.buildingcommission.wa.gov.au ... commission and ask them about where to obtain the relevant information. 3 – Find a local building certifier and ask them. ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Dimesions 11Nov 05, 2012 6:24 pm PAB_34 murphywei, Three suggestions: 1 – point out the total deviation to the builder and the and that it falls outside the guidelines (show him a copy of the pdf) from the Victorian Building Commission and see how he reacts. 2 – get in touch with http://www.buildingcommission.wa.gov.au ... commission and ask them about where to obtain the relevant information. 3 – Find a local building certifier and ask them. Thanks so much! I will do this by your suggestions. Re: Dimesions 12Nov 05, 2012 6:34 pm There has got to be a difference between a room being +/- 1% of the intended size (not such a big deal) and a room being out of square by +/- 1%. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Dimesions 13Nov 05, 2012 7:43 pm Casa2 There has got to be a difference between a room being +/- 1% of the intended size (not such a big deal) and a room being out of square by +/- 1%. Hi Casa2, what do you mean? Can you apply your point to my case? Re: Dimesions 14Nov 05, 2012 8:29 pm What I'm saying is that if my room was 30 mm too small or too big it would be somewhat OK. But if my room was out of square by 30 mm I wouldn't be happy. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Dimesions 15Nov 05, 2012 9:03 pm Casa2 What I'm saying is that if my room was 30 mm too small or too big it would be somewhat OK. But if my room was out of square by 30 mm I wouldn't be happy. Yes, I have same feeling as you. I can accept the size been changed as long as it squre but I cannot accept the room is not square. Re: Dimesions 16Nov 07, 2012 5:29 pm My guess is the grano worker with his one brain cell poured the slab on an angle. Then the brickie with his 1 brain cell followed the slab edge. The supervisor with his 1 brains cell, large pay check and company car did what most supervisor's do which is sweet FA (in other words didnt check grano worker and brickies work. I would have pushed the wall over and told them to do it properly |