Oh believe me I am not happy!!! They better call me first thing this morning
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 63Sep 16, 2015 10:15 pm MrsMaccaPacca Keep us updated Well I emailed the pics and got a response first thing this morning. I was told the starts manager was calling the plumber supervisor to tell them to investigate. They told me that once fixed the area would be back filled and not to worry as there is a lifetime structural warranty. No answers on how they are going to fix the footing other than it will all be sorted. I also got told that my bricks should arrive on site tomorrow! Yay!!! When I went past today they had scraped the block (and ripped of a cap over my ensuite drain... grrrrr) and taken away the excess soil so apart from the messy hole it looks neat again Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 64Sep 17, 2015 12:03 pm Yay for bricks I hope they fix it properly and not just hope for the best! Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 65Sep 17, 2015 12:14 pm Very upsetting about what has happened, hopefully everything gets fixed ok. Great news about the bricks, seems to be coming along quickly Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 66Sep 26, 2015 10:35 pm So, a bit of an update, since the last post Dale Alcock have really put the foot down!!! The stormwater pipes are all fixes, the footings are fixes, termimesh is down and all the external walls and window frames are in!!! Crazy!!! They have about 7 brickies working on the house so it shouldn't be any surprise The first bricks went down Wednesday and as of Friday night there was only the front section left to go up before they start on the inside! Window frames arived: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150921_164647 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr First bricks are down! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150922_163842 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr In one morning all this had happened!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150924_100041 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr And then Friday night when we went for a look....: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_174724 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_174741 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr Full width bathroom window is going to look sensational!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_174741 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_175029 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_175108 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr The Alfresco is going to be huge! And so happy with the double hung window from the kitchen out to the alfresco, perfect size! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_175255 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr The daughter likes the view of her room from on top of a pile of bricks! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 20150925_175542 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr Cant wait for the internal walls to go up so we have a better feel for the size! Blazing along at the moment and kind of feel sorry for my neighbour accross the road who's slab was layed the same day as mine..... he hasn't even got bricks yet Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 67Oct 06, 2015 9:56 pm Great progress! It is all coming together so fast Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 68Oct 06, 2015 10:16 pm Yup it sure is! All the bricks have finished now.... a week and a half and all done! Cant believe how fast they worked! I just haven't put up pics yet cause it's such a pain to do on the mobile. I was told I would have the roof cover done in the next 3 weeks as well and then they start on plaster and electrical! Exciting times and it's great to be able to feel how nice and big the house is going to be! Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 69Nov 01, 2015 11:03 pm So...... the roofing and electrical pre lay is all done now but there is a problem. A few weeks ago now I met with the site supervisor who advised me that the next step after bricks would be rendering and then electrical pre lays/gutters/roofing. I asked about the lights either side of the garage door (where the render was going) and was told that a guy would cut the channel out and pre lay the wiring prior to the rendering going ahead. This didn't happen..... and I emailed Dale Alcock regarding this and was told it would happen at the next stage with all the other electrical. Strange I thought as this would need the renderer to come and fix up all his work but ok, if thats how it has to be done! So, I went around today to take a look now that the roofing and electrical pre lay have all be done and guess what....... they haven't chased the wiring in under the render...... they have drilled two massive holes through the entire brickwork from the inside to the outside and put in ugly a$$ conduit!!! This is definately not on the plans and the only external conduit marked is for the boundary wall in the garage so I think they simply stuffed up and thought "We will just do it this way.... the client won't kick up a stink"..... TOTALLY INCORRECT It looks bloody terrible!! I have already emailed them today with pictures and said I wasn't happy and they will have to fix it. I also stated that I wouldn't be happy with the resultant ugly patched up holes on the inside of my garage and that they could continue the rendering from outside to include the inside and hide it at their own expense. Do you think this is a reasonable request considering they stuffed up?? This is a picture of my electrical plan for the garage showing the only external conduit being on the right hand boundary wall: [url][url=https://flic.kr/p/xohubD] Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/url]EPSON004 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr[/url] And this is the conduit they obviously thought we would be happy with!!!! [url][url=https://flic.kr/p/AuWevL] Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/url]20151101_115903 by Andrew Carroll, on Flickr[/url] Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 70Nov 02, 2015 12:22 pm It makes you wonder if this stuff happens all the time and some people just don't say anything. I'm interested in how Dales handle this. Keep us informed! Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 71Nov 02, 2015 1:04 pm Yeah, when the wiring wasn't chased in prior to rendering a mate told me they would probably just drill a hole.... I dismissed it because I thought no one would be that dumb! I got told my CLO would inform the site sup and Tuesdays is standing meetings between the CLO's and sup's so should find out what they say tomorrow. Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 73Nov 02, 2015 10:36 pm Well that was fast! Sup was not impressed.... apparently the electrical guys tried to cut corners and now it's cost DA free rendering on the inside of my garage to conceal the holes in the wall! The conduit is already gone!!! Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 74Nov 02, 2015 10:42 pm Good to hear that Dale's has solved the problem. I was a bit concerned reading about your issue as well, since I am also building with Dales in Baldivis, and have reached the rendering and roof stage, and was hoping that the same thing will not happen to me. Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 75Nov 02, 2015 11:03 pm Just make sure that they chase in any lights that aren't on a cavity wall prior to the render going on. I honestly think that the electricians stuffed up and tried to short cut it and the site sup jumped on it fast. Still had me wild.... By the way, we have the same sup so you should be right! Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 77Nov 03, 2015 11:25 am I'm glad you got a good outcome Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 78Nov 04, 2015 3:36 pm Congrats on the roofing, glad they sorted everything out for you Re: Building the Stoneleigh with Dale Alcock in Tuart Ridge 79Dec 09, 2015 9:57 am Hope everything is going well at yours Thanks for your reply. 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