Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 11Jul 03, 2015 2:59 pm thefarmers dmj1983 We had a look at our tiles that have been laid and it's like a rollercoaster in the house with some sections out by 12mm. Not sure where you're located, but in Victoria, there's this document on standards and tolerances which is worth using when it comes to those sorts of mistakes: http://www.vba.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/18127/Guide-to-Standards-and-Tolerances-2007.pdf I've had a nightmare of a time with Boutique Homes - so I feel your pain. Hope it all gets resolved quickly for you That's a shame! We really wanted to build with boutique but they wouldn't go as far as where we were at the time! What has been happening your end? Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 12Jul 03, 2015 3:06 pm thefarmers jessicana10 Did the display home have down lights? Is that what you mean. It looks like the batten lights are placed in downlight positions. What did it show on your drawings? All the light positions should have been on them. Agreed - it looks exactly like where you'd have downlights, except they've installed batten lights. Could be that they took the original light positions (with downlights) then you changed them to batten lights to cut down on the cost? (and didn't change the lighting plan to suit?) On the plans it states ceiling batten lights but we didn't know what that was we just assumed it meant what we asked for, there have been heaps of issues like this! Now I'm not as mad as I am amused that anyone would think you'd have that many normal lights in the one area - it's blatantly obvious they are meant to be the downlights like in the display house. Nevermind it's an issue we can fix after handover at $70 per light cash My partner is down there now with site supervisor discussing what to do with the tiling I'm curious as to what he is going to mention. Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 13Jul 03, 2015 3:09 pm jessicana10 Did the display home have down lights? Is that what you mean. It looks like the batten lights are placed in downlight positions. What did it show on your drawings? All the light positions should have been on them. Yes jessicana the display had downlights and they are all positioned in what should be downlights but are written to be ceiling batten lights Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 14Jul 03, 2015 4:41 pm Hi dmj1983, Speaking of wall tiling where it comes down onto floor tiling or bath or vanity or trough etc... did you know that the joint formed at such intersections including at wall tile corners as well must be 3mm and silicone filled - NOT just smeared across the joints. Suggest have a look at the Guide to Standards and Tolerances someone recently sent to you if you are in Vic - still not known. This requirement is also in the AS Code 3740 for Wet Areas as a requirement anyway. The new Vic Building Authority has at long last put this in the document. I've been arguing about it for 15 years, Cheers Leonardo_23 Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 15Jul 03, 2015 7:59 pm Leonardo_23 Hi dmj1983, Speaking of wall tiling where it comes down onto floor tiling or bath or vanity or trough etc... did you know that the joint formed at such intersections including at wall tile corners as well must be 3mm and silicone filled - NOT just smeared across the joints. Suggest have a look at the Guide to Standards and Tolerances someone recently sent to you if you are in Vic - still not known. This requirement is also in the AS Code 3740 for Wet Areas as a requirement anyway. The new Vic Building Authority has at long last put this in the document. I've been arguing about it for 15 years, Cheers Leonardo_23 Thanks for your response, I will definitely have a look at that. Yes we are in Vic I think I have a picture of the tiles shower base they will not fix it. The brought in the tiler who was meant to tile our house and he was disgraced at the flooring so they will fix the parts where it's seriously bad but leave the rest but because my partner is a glazier and doing his own showerscreens he wanted to do something cool for his own house and we asked for a tiled shower base for a frameless showerscreen. Well he cannot do that with what they have done and no idea why there is this big gap, now he has to do semi frameless but the wall of tiles are wonky and also wavy... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ this picture is the finished result of our tiled shower base... Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 17Jul 21, 2015 8:50 am Hey DJM. Regarding the crossover - Unfortunately in estates closer to the suburbs that is normally a cost handled by the estate, the problem with that is you're forced to "have your house a certain way" Our estate wanted to have a "open plan" block where you could do as you please, unfortunately that means the price of the crossover gets added also. My partner and I weren't happy when we were told we would have to work the cost of the crossover as well but luckily we had a really simple short one. If you're the house that I think you are, the crossover is basically the length of a car/longer than you're driveway, and I wouldn't be happy about having to front that either!! regarding the lights - it should be a really easy fix, although its a common sense thing. Someone should have called and said "are you sure.. you wan't to do this.." Proud First Home Owner. - 27/11/2013 Settled. Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 18Jul 21, 2015 7:45 pm rixsta Hey DJM. Regarding the crossover - Unfortunately in estates closer to the suburbs that is normally a cost handled by the estate, the problem with that is you're forced to "have your house a certain way" Our estate wanted to have a "open plan" block where you could do as you please, unfortunately that means the price of the crossover gets added also. My partner and I weren't happy when we were told we would have to work the cost of the crossover as well but luckily we had a really simple short one. If you're the house that I think you are, the crossover is basically the length of a car/longer than you're driveway, and I wouldn't be happy about having to front that either!! regarding the lights - it should be a really easy fix, although its a common sense thing. Someone should have called and said "are you sure.. you wan't to do this.." Thank you Rixsta!!! Yes I agree someone could have asked lol oh well, over all that now! Our driveway apparently has been done now ??? I haven't been there for abit but we have a final inspection next week sometime! I'll be 38 plus weeks pregnant! Re: Need a vent and DFH I'm not enjoying building with... 19Jul 21, 2015 7:59 pm I still can't believe that photo showing the batten fittings with a shade above them. I sure hope you didn't have to pay extra for the shade attached to the batten. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5900 The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 6150 Thanks. I called VBA today and they said it was a Consumer Affairs issue, the old handball. Seems like the government organisations don't want to do their job at the moment. 2 7541 |