Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 162Mar 30, 2017 9:34 am JohnnBaut sydneysider anonymous- The 14kw model is the standard air conditioning unit provided to homes which are < 35 squares (lux inclusion spec of course). A 20kw unit is provided to homes which exceed 35 squares If your electrical appointment isn't for a little while, I would suggest that you raise it with your pre-construction administrator to get an answer sooner. They will liaise with the right people and will give you a second opportunity to raise your concerns during your electrical appointment. The focus I found with electrical is mainly around power and lighting - very little was discussed about air conditioning so you don't want to forget on the day either. Keen to know how you go. The PCA just got back to me and here is her explanation: In regards to the air-conditioning unit, we do upgrade the unit when the living areas (excluding the alfresco and garage) exceed 35sqm. 3T3 anonymous- and sydneysider Would that be consistent with your builds? I would have thought the rule is based on the standard squares of the house, and not excluding garage and alfresco. Would be great if you can confirm. Even better if you can forward any evidence if not consistent with PCA's claims based on your build. 3T3 sydneysider sydneysiders Hi, We've got a Balmoral hybird; 38 downstairs and 34 up which brought us to '35' and have it in writing that we are getting the 20kw Daikin (a mate is in air-con guy and pretty much said any double storey house should be 20kw at least otherwise it just won't have the legs to do the job). Bear Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 163Apr 02, 2017 4:37 pm fizzed We are currently getting our bathrooms tiled, my husband sent me pictures but there is something seriously weird in the main bathroom...the bath is against the wall at one end and the other end has over 30cm to the shower wall. I really don't remember it looking like that - does anyone have any pictures from the display home? Any help would be great! thanks I've got a picture from the Seaview display home if that helps. You can't really see the tiling to the wall end, but you can see where the bath ends (which is a bit before the wall). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ For those who have commenced/completed their builds, what else is involved after the compliance plans are signed off? I know there are still construction plans (what would be in these plans that aren't already in the compliance ones?) and the file would move to the "construction" team. Can anyone give some insight into what's involved with the construction team? Just trying to make sure I have everything I need to ensure Rawson get on site soon and gauge how long it will be. Rawson Homes - General Thread 164Apr 02, 2017 4:53 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ @anonymous-: Did you ensure that all those specified in the variations are indicated in your plans? The contracted tradies only rely on your signed plans. An example would be the "Square Set Wall/Ceilings Junctions to Main Bathroom/Ensuite" whenever you have your tiles to ceiling height. This is an expensive upgrade but TD will indicate this automatically in your tile selection if your bathroom or ensuite tiles are to the ceiling height. This is frequently missed out in the plans. The plasterers would more often than not install the default which is the cornice if this is not indicated in the plans. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 165Apr 03, 2017 1:10 am kaycee @anonymous-: Did you ensure that all those specified in the variations are indicated in your plans? The contracted tradies only rely on your signed plans. An example would be the "Square Set Wall/Ceilings Junctions to Main Bathroom/Ensuite" whenever you have your tiles to ceiling height. This is an expensive upgrade but TD will indicate this automatically in your tile selection if your bathroom or ensuite tiles are to the ceiling height. This is frequently missed out in the plans. The plasterers would more often than not install the default which is the cornice if this is not indicated in the plans. Good item to call out. Mine is listed as a note in the wet area diagram which I thought was fine. Is this where yours is located? I've made an effort to ensure as much of my variations as possible make it onto the drawings - hopefully I didn't miss anything. I've been told by multiple people in Rawson and during my internal appointments that I can't specify exact locations of air-conditioning vents, controllers and to a smaller effect - lights (I can specify the general location) as these are "determined by the electrical / air-conditioning contractors" which I find a bit weird. In some of my plans the air conditioning vent is located on one side of the room which I thought was a bit strange. Have you had a similar response? Not sure if I should escalate this or just discuss this with my SS when I meet him/her as the last thing I want would be an air-con outlet that is on the edge of a room. Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 166Apr 06, 2017 10:49 am anonymous during our internal appointments we were told we could ask the SS when installation would occur and then we could be onsite to specify eg. air con vent locations. that didnt end up happening..... they just installed the air con but we are ok with the locations so no harm done.. but it is quite frustrating! 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? btw - the bottom of the column is still to be painted the dark great colour... I certainly didn't need this on top of this frustrating and anxiety creating 53 week (to date) build! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 167Apr 06, 2017 11:54 pm Slab Day Today!!! feels so good for it all to be underway! was worried the alfresco, and back living areas were to small, but happy now we can see it on the slab. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Rawson Homes - General Thread 168Apr 07, 2017 1:38 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 1:43 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 11:06 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 11:28 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 11:35 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 9:36 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 12:07 pm 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 7:24 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 7:40 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 10:49 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 12, 2017 12:43 am 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 7:49 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 8578 Just started the Build process for Chifley 42 with Rawson homes, will keep you all posted with the Build progress. 0 1082 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. 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