Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 168Apr 07, 2017 12:38 am fizzed Drove by the house today and the garage door was installed and I have to say I stuffed up......all along i've been thinking the garage was going to be a light colour to match the cedar on the right but when the garage was installed it seems we picked merbau......and there seem to be no light variations in the colour which come up when we looked at samples and the B&D website I'm not sure what to do - any suggestions? Have you tried looking at the colour when the sun is shining directly at the door? It can be quite a different colour (although probably still not near as light as your cedar). I do recall reading a blog where they had a similar issue to you and managed to negotiate a color change. See the blog post here http://seaviewbingara.blogspot.com.au/2 ... i.html?m=1. I'm fairly sure there's another blog somewhere with a similar issue (but can't recall the outcome). Hope this helps! Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 169Apr 07, 2017 12:43 am Great pics w&j - hopefully they'll keep the momentum going! Looks like you've got one of the bigger houses one area! Rawson Homes - General Thread 171Apr 07, 2017 10:06 pm @alisonandrew: I also think that it would have looked better if the ground grouts were aligned with the wall grouts. The tilers just follow the tile selection specification you signed. Don't expect the site supervisor to remember everything that was verbally agreed. Some do while most don't. By the way we seem to have the same taste in tile colour for the ensuite and main bathroom. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 172Apr 07, 2017 10:28 pm Aligning floor and wall tiles lines is not a common thing. To do so takes a bit more work. And my tile plans go as far as to highlight the fact they won't line up. Where wall and floor tiles a completely different it isn't as noticeable. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 173Apr 07, 2017 10:35 pm I did not look close enough but I just realised the ground tiles were square shaped while the wall were rectangular. I guess I chose the same wall and ground tiles so the tilers were able to align. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 174Apr 09, 2017 8:36 am Our tiles plans also specified that they would not necessarily line up (I think the requirement for grout line width is maybe different for wall and floor) but our tiler did line them up. We got lucky. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 175Apr 09, 2017 11:07 am There is no requirement for them to be different. Tiles with engineered edges are generally consistent in size and have sharper edges so can use smaller grout widths. Tiles where the size varies require larger gaps as the gaps are used to compensate for the differences in tile size. Likewise tiles with rounder edges have larger grout widths too. One key thing that determines if wall floor tiles can have grout lines lined up is the squareness of the walls. If all square than all good. But if a well is out even by a fem mm, which is most, then over the length of a wall the gaps will start to not align anyway. Yes have a larger gap you can compensate a little but most people that want flowing lines will have tiles that have a smaller grout gap anyway. So the best way is to have the lines no line up at all, which as mentioned if your wall and floor tiles are different isn't that noticeable. But if same colour and style like in the pic above it can look a bit odd. That said once screens etc go on and the shower is cleaned it won't be as noticeable either. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 176Apr 11, 2017 6:24 pm alisonandrew Probably not all that bad of a situation re. the cut of the tile depending on your ceiling heights. If the first/bottom tile was cut you could end up with another cut tile at the top if the remainder of the walls wasn't a multiple of the tile height + grout. Yes you will have to rip out the top row now but at least you won't end up with 2 cut tiles and you may even be able to reuse the tile when you tile to the ceiling (Not too sure if tiles can be reused?). Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 177Apr 11, 2017 6:40 pm Two cut tiles can in many cases can look better. The reason being is for visual balance. Having the top and bottom tiles the same size looks more balanced. It is why on wall tiles they will rarely start with a full tile, instead they will use a cut tile and match it with another cut tile of similar size on the other end. To do properly the tiles should have been worked out if going full height and started with an appropriately cut bottom tile. About the only time you wouldn't use two cut tiles is where a short cut is required. Eg you are taking off say 100mm off a 600mm tile. In which case it will look balanced as the cut isn't that much, whereas to small cut tiles would look odd. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 178Apr 11, 2017 9:49 pm Downstairs Frames are going up!! we realized today our pantry is bigger then the downstairs toilet!!! I must say, everthing is moving along alot quicker now compared to the admin period! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Drone Floor Plan Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ back yard from on top of the retaining wall. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 179Apr 11, 2017 11:43 pm wreckedandjealous Downstairs Frames are going up!! we realized today our pantry is bigger then the downstairs toilet!!! I must say, everthing is moving along alot quicker now compared to the admin period! Looking great! Glad to hear that everything is moving along quicker! The admin phase sure seems to take a while. Out of curiosity, what was the time period between when your file moved to construction (i.e. when you obtained your SS details) and when fencing came up and then the slab being poured? The bottom floor frames seem to have come up soon after slab pour which is great! Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 180Apr 12, 2017 6:49 am anonymous- wreckedandjealous Downstairs Frames are going up!! we realized today our pantry is bigger then the downstairs toilet!!! I must say, everthing is moving along alot quicker now compared to the admin period! Looking great! Glad to hear that everything is moving along quicker! The admin phase sure seems to take a while. Out of curiosity, what was the time period between when your file moved to construction (i.e. when you obtained your SS details) and when fencing came up and then the slab being poured? The bottom floor frames seem to have come up soon after slab pour which is great! our construction timeline so far: 8/3/17 - Site Pegged Out 9/3/17 - "its time to meet your site manager" email (SS to pick up the file during the week) 9/3/17 - Site Cut (this order was raised during estimating) 22/3/17 - Fencing 28/3/17 - Piering 29/3/17 - Plumbing 31/3/17 - Formwork 06/5/17 - Slab 12/5/17 - Frames You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14121 Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 2463 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 11121 |