Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 561Jul 02, 2016 1:52 pm So talking the carpenter on site this morning while he was there installing our trusses, no proper pics yet as progress seams slow but steady. Anyways carpenter was saying that hallway wall is where the trusses are going to be sitting on which is going to cause a problem if we want to move it. If we still move it it will mean roof trusses will need to be re-done to accomidate, this sounds time consuming and will certainly bring things to a stand still. So now back to choices hubby doesn't like the sound of wall niches damn it. So we are left with shelving. I am just not sure. Really worry about grinding slab and the finish we will be left with. As you can see I am very uncertain. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 562Jul 03, 2016 9:24 pm Out at the block today and we have found another mistake with the slab/concrete. The pad for ducted aircon unit is not in the right spot. On the plans it is supposed to be in between the kids retreat and bedroom 2 window. However today we noticed it directly below the window for kids retreat so will be asking for this to be rectified as I defiantly do not want an aircon directly under any window. Feeling a bit deflated about the mistakes that are happening and although it may seem minor compared to what could go wrong it's another thing we need to chase up, life is busy and I am already feeling the strain. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 564Jul 04, 2016 9:44 am Oh dear. I thought an inspector / certified will come to site to check before slab pour? I can be totally wrong tho.
I hope the fix will be quick, and make sure you don't pay the slab invoice until they rectify the issues. Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 565Jul 04, 2016 10:23 am Oh no!!!! Ahhh how annoying! Gosh what a silly mistake. Have you spoken with your ss yet? _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 566Jul 04, 2016 8:48 pm Ryalls_first_build Oh no!!!! Ahhh how annoying! Gosh what a silly mistake. Have you spoken with your ss yet? So hubby was playing phone tag with SS today, so not sure if there was any resolution. I was at work all day now on the central coast till Friday. So will see what the week brings. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 567Jul 04, 2016 10:23 pm Try not to be too disheartened. . Mistakes happen on builds but as long as they are rectified is the main thing. Your ss sounds great, so im sure he will take care of things asap _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 568Jul 04, 2016 11:00 pm Thanks ryalls, i think i have figured out why the mistakes occured with the aircon pad. The engineering plans where done a while ago prior to final changes, therefore it was not upto date. Will talk to SS and make sure it gets rectified. It surprises me how close we need to watch things, I didn't think it would be quite like this. We where supposed to be getting bricks delivered today, unsure if they where and won't get to see progress till Friday going to be a long week. Going to Sydney on Thursday to order our timber look tiles, I am super excited it has been such a journey to choose them. I think everyone has that 1 thing when building which you are not willing the compromise on, and will keep looking until you find the right one. For me it was our timber look tiles. Don't think hubby shared the same opinion however must say he was a good sport and went to almost every tile shop in newcastle and beyond. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 569Jul 04, 2016 11:42 pm Mim, you do have to keep your eyes on every steps of your build, yes it is hard to do so while working. Best to pick up all mistake now and rectify with your SS than later. You are doing very well being able to visit your building site even when you are very busy with work. My hubby is constantly telling me to know every part of the design and whats on the contract so nothings goes missing or mistake are easily pick up. Have a nice trip to Sydney. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81624 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 570Jul 05, 2016 11:14 pm shazaw Mim, you do have to keep your eyes on every steps of your build, yes it is hard to do so while working. Best to pick up all mistake now and rectify with your SS than later. You are doing very well being able to visit your building site even when you are very busy with work. My hubby is constantly telling me to know every part of the design and whats on the contract so nothings goes missing or mistake are easily pick up. Have a nice trip to Sydney. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81624 Thanks Shazaw, I will be keeping an eye on everything, I think I was so hyper-aware of getting everything right during admin that I thought during the build I could relax and let SS pick things up. However I am realising that no one knows this house better then me. Update on correcting mistakes, hubby spoke to SS today and he agrees air con pad is in the wrong area so will be rectified. We are unable to move wall to allow for larger entry due to the structural necessity for the roof trusses. So we have decided to have shelving along that wall and everyone is happy with that plan, so yay don't need to buy shelves now . I do have a question the 17cm platform/step which is in the door way to the garage, i do not want to leave it as concrete. So I am thinking of tiling it would you do it in the same tile as the main floor which is a timber look tile or use a different tile like maybe the grey one we are using for the floors of our wet areas. the other thing I was thinking of is our main floor we will be doing after handover, while the wet are tile can be added when everything is done. Any thoughts? SS also confirmed that if weather is good tomorrow that the brickie will start. So excited to see real changes when we come home on Friday. So I have my fingers crossed for a sunny rest of the week. How long do bricks normally take? sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 571Jul 06, 2016 8:13 am Good thing that errors will be fixed up on a solution that you are happy with.
Which platform is it? Thought all that excess slab will be converted to shelves? Based on our experience brick laying took only two weeks in total BUT the second week is 2 months after the first one! In your area I heard they are a lot better, so they can probably do it continuously and finish quicker. Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 572Jul 06, 2016 8:36 am Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I thought a visual aid might help, as you can see there is internal access from the garage on that side which will now have shelving, now for obvious reasons we can't shelving along the whole wall. Which leaves that door area exposed and the concrete area visible. So not sure what to do with that area? sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 573Jul 06, 2016 9:00 am It helped a lot! So if it's me I would put tiles same as the main floor tiles. Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 574Jul 06, 2016 10:46 am I think I'd continue the tiles of the main area if it was me. Just so it sort of blends in. Are the brickies working today? Hopefully they can still work in this damn wind. Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 575Jul 06, 2016 1:19 pm Yep i agree with the others about continuing the main flooring. I cant believe you guys are up to bricking!! I bet you cant wait to see them. I'm interested to see how it all pans out with you bricking first and me roofing first _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 576Jul 06, 2016 1:46 pm Ryalls_first_build Yep i agree with the others about continuing the main flooring. I cant believe you guys are up to bricking!! I bet you cant wait to see them. I'm interested to see how it all pans out with you bricking first and me roofing first I am waiting to hear from SS as the last I heard the roof could already be on. But not 100% sure. Hopefully I will know soon. I am sure there will be enough in our tile order to cover the small amount required. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 577Jul 06, 2016 2:30 pm Oh man!! Now im getting jealous!!!! _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 578Jul 06, 2016 4:42 pm mim_feher I do have a question the 17cm platform/step which is in the door way to the garage, i do not want to leave it as concrete. So I am thinking of tiling it would you do it in the same tile as the main floor which is a timber look tile or use a different tile like maybe the grey one we are using for the floors of our wet areas. the other thing I was thinking of is our main floor we will be doing after handover, while the wet are tile can be added when everything is done. Any thoughts? It's really depends on what you will be doing in the garage, will you be painting/ sealing the garage floor like Yvonne. If so for the step use the paint or treatment as the garage floor. Otherwise use same tiles as main floor for cost saving or choose different tiles to compliment. If that was my case... I would definitely get tiles to cover up the step area with similar colour tile to compliment garage floor colour. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81624 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 579Jul 06, 2016 4:53 pm shazaw mim_feher I do have a question the 17cm platform/step which is in the door way to the garage, i do not want to leave it as concrete. So I am thinking of tiling it would you do it in the same tile as the main floor which is a timber look tile or use a different tile like maybe the grey one we are using for the floors of our wet areas. the other thing I was thinking of is our main floor we will be doing after handover, while the wet are tile can be added when everything is done. Any thoughts? It's really depends on what you will be doing in the garage, will you be painting/ sealing the garage floor like Yvonne. If so for the step use the paint or treatment as the garage floor. Otherwise use same tiles as main floor for cost saving or choose different tiles to compliment. If that was my case... I would definitely get tiles to cover up the step area with similar colour tile to compliment garage floor colour. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81624 I hadn't thought about what if anything we will doing to the garage floor. However as my floor tile for the wet areas are a grey I thought would match the concrete in the garage. Still waiting for my tile samples so will be able to tell later on. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Building a Sekisui house Now Holmesville 580Jul 08, 2016 4:47 pm Went via the block on the way home from the coast today and it was great to see all trusses on and the start of bricking. However due to this lovely weather we are having not much has been completed over the last 2 days. 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