Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 61Jun 16, 2015 6:09 pm MalSannie: did you mean floorplan? what should i be looking for on the plan? As for the addenda, it says cavity wall insulation is not included and may only be installed where required to satisfy the requirements of the authorised computer modelling programmes. This is very vague as i have never heard of the house without wall cavity insulation, especially the neighbour is having it. I sent an email to our neighbour and see if they pay more to have it installed. I doubt it, though. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 62Jun 16, 2015 6:16 pm sofia14 I feel rather strange that our house has NO wall cavity insulation at all. Is this normal? Our neighbour house has it so i would assume the same side of our house would have it too? I believe some houses do not require this, it depends on your 6 star energy rating, if you did have it, you would of received a plan which has squiggly lines around the house where the insulation would be going. Ours was included we didn't pay anything or ask for it, others with the same builder don't have it as they didn't require it for their 6 Star rating. Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 63Jun 16, 2015 10:34 pm archetto: OK, i went to your thread. Did it show it in your floorplan on the first page? I think I know what you meant. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 64Jun 17, 2015 12:35 am No I never put it on the forum, I can't find it at the moment but you'd know if you had one, it's a separate page to your other plans. I'd say you just didn't need insulation for your energy rating Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 65Jun 17, 2015 12:56 am I just dug out the energy rating report for our house (computed by the energy rating program). It says "....full cavity insulation ~74m^2". It does suggest the need of insulation........This is not the only thing that's contradict to the report. The ceiling insulation is also listed as R3 in the specification sheet but the energy rating report says R4. I'll ask the builder to clarify this. Thanks. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 66Jun 17, 2015 3:56 am Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 67Jun 18, 2015 4:12 am Thanks malsannie. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 68Jun 18, 2015 5:09 am NP - I really hope you get a positive response - and it is good that you're questioning it now! Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 69Jun 19, 2015 12:19 pm Just an update. Roof frame is finished when we checked last weekend. Plasterboard ceiling was installed for garage and alfresco. NBN lead in, tv point, data point are done (by third party). Gutter and electrical wiring work has begun. Roof tile was scheduled to finish by the end of this week but I doubt it given the rainy weather in the last couple of days. So far so good. And just when i wanted to snap some photos, my phone battery went flat. Grr.........hopefully to see some progress on the electrical wiring and plumbing this weekend and some photos. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 70Jun 19, 2015 8:40 pm Sophia, sometimes the builders do not mark up insulation on your floor plans. It's left as marked up per your energy rating report. If your energy rating report says cavity wall insulation is required, it should also show it in a squiggly line or often a red line around the walls that require it on a plan. In mine, they were appended at back of energy report. I would definable follow up with your builder. If it's not in now, it's too late and they will need to rectify to plan with an alternative blow in type solution. Which sometimes are actually better R rated products so that might not be all bad However it will make it tricky in the future if you want to do any cavity wall GPOs to run an electrical cable down the cavity! That can kind of be alleviated by the builder installing some conduits in the cavity where you might want more future power points, which maybe they would do as part of rectifying the problem. If in fact there is one. Personally given double bricks are quite low Rrated i chose to have cavity insulation all around, with some other energy efficient measures too. Hope they clarify for you. Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 71Jun 19, 2015 9:26 pm Yes, i know it is too late for them to put it in other than the blow in type. The builder is going ahead with the roof tile etc this week so judging from this, I bet they are probably going to tell us it isn't needed. There are so many inconsistency between their paperwork. Our building inspector found another one regarding the ceiling which I don't quite understand just yet. Unless i completely misunderstand the energy rating report, the wall cavity insulation is needed and the ceiling insulation batt is R4 not R3, which is listed at our current specification sheet. No, i didn't see another floor plan attached at the back of the energy rating report. I really hope that they will do the right thing if it is their mistake. If we have known that the insulation is optional (only put it in as required by the report), we would have paid extra for it. Who would have thought it isn't included and standard?!? Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 72Jun 19, 2015 11:03 pm Hi Sofia, We don't need wall cavity insulation in our home in Wellard; we were going to look at putting some in the western wall, but it when we got our pre-start bill at nearly $60k, something had to give and insulation was one of the things! W2T Our Custom Dale Alcock build in the Village at Wellard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78620 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 73Jun 20, 2015 11:45 am W2T, yes, we also skipped a lot of stuff at prestart, mainly due to bill shock from the builder on the final contract not because we didn't budget for upgrade. Haha...brickwall with holes (only filled with plaster) and no insulation. Great. good to know yours don't have it and seems like the norm. But I think it just has to compliance with the rating. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 74Jun 20, 2015 6:05 pm Sofia that is so bad You should definitely take it up with them. If it was on the report then they should have included it I'd think. Would it be worth getting an inspector? Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-wall cavity insulat 75Jun 20, 2015 6:47 pm The inspector didn't know about the energy rating report when he checked the brickwork. I only just dug the report out as I feel really strange. It isn't drawn on the floorplan as well as the engineering drawing, which I provided for the inspection. That's why the inspector just assumed our house doesn't need it. I queried SS at plate height meeting. He just said that it is determined by the engineering company and they will put it in if required. So I thought they would come and put it in before the roof frame is done. Clearly, not. I forwarded the energy rating report to both inspector and builder. Inspector suggested us to clarify with the builder and he thought it was strange at the time of inspection given that the next door neighbour has the insulation put in on the side wall facing the sun. The builder didn't say anything more but to schedule another site meeting. It is all too late at this stage. There are so many inconsistency and vague in the documents so must be stuff up somewhere down the production line. Well, we shall see. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 76Jun 22, 2015 1:43 pm This thread has become a complaining board. I have just been told that the roof work has been delayed for 3 weeks due to the delay from the manufacturer. Rain. Hmmm....i didn't know that the roof tile have to be sun dried. Why didn't they order it while we were waiting on the brickwork to finish? ie, 8 week, plenty of time, isn't it?! I'm speechless. On a different subject, what kind of material does your builder use for your garage and alfresco ceiling? Fibro? I find it weird that they are now installed and soaked in the rain while we are waiting for the roof. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 77Jun 22, 2015 2:01 pm The roof chippies install the eaves/garage/alfresco (unless its WAP then the ceiling fixers do it in the garage/alfresco) so that's why it's done at roof stage, it's fine to get wet. I know how it feels to wait for your roof so I feel for you! Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 78Jun 22, 2015 4:23 pm sofia14 This thread has become a complaining board. I have just been told that the roof work has been delayed for 3 weeks due to the delay from the manufacturer. Rain. Hmmm....i didn't know that the roof tile have to be sun dried. Why didn't they order it while we were waiting on the brickwork to finish? ie, 8 week, plenty of time, isn't it?! I'm speechless. On a different subject, what kind of material does your builder use for your garage and alfresco ceiling? Fibro? I find it weird that they are now installed and soaked in the rain while we are waiting for the roof. We are having delays in our roof cover being installed even though everything is on site...and we are using colorbond, not tiles. It's been a week tomorrow and they have only completed 1/3 of the roof cover, so I am guessing I know how you feel.... Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 79Jun 22, 2015 4:40 pm I can only hope that it isn't worse than the brickwork delay which took them 8w from start to finish. In the meantime, I hope they fix the issues we had discussed. No sign of that being done either! Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 80Jun 22, 2015 8:45 pm archetto: What's WAP? I checked out your blog. It seems like they have agreed to fix your down pipe! hootie: i think the bricklayer team has tested my patience. Our contractors on the other hand have come on site to do the NBN lead in etc and soakwell. I feel like i should just hire my own if they always keep their promise and on time. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17517 3 47413 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 |