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Our frame has just gone up and I was noticing the gap they have allowed for sliding doors are less than those on our construction plans. Is this something normal ie. are final adjustments done before frame is finalised? Building for the 1st time with M3tricon Site Start was 19th July 07. It's been 2 weeks to Handover for the past 8 weeks. Go figure. Re: Frame Dimensions - Should it match the plan?? 3Sep 05, 2007 2:24 pm It seems to be 1-3cm - however I am going to go out there again and do another measure up just to confirm... Building for the 1st time with M3tricon Site Start was 19th July 07. It's been 2 weeks to Handover for the past 8 weeks. Go figure. Re: Frame Dimensions - Should it match the plan?? 4Sep 05, 2007 2:24 pm It seems to be 1-3cm - however I am going to go out there again and do another measure up just to confirm... Building for the 1st time with M3tricon Site Start was 19th July 07. It's been 2 weeks to Handover for the past 8 weeks. Go figure. Re: Frame Dimensions - Should it match the plan?? 6Sep 05, 2007 3:47 pm Casa2 ricci, I see you plan to measure twice Cheers, Casa funny I have reverted to username - mattwalker Carlisle Homes - Grande 43 My building experience is here: http://www.ourgrandeplan.blogspot.com Re: Frame Dimensions - Should it match the plan?? 7Sep 05, 2007 7:15 pm ricci Hi, Our frame has just gone up and I was noticing the gap they have allowed for sliding doors are less than those on our construction plans. Is this something normal ie. are final adjustments done before frame is finalised? Hi Every project home builder uses standard sizes in windows and doors. Mostly they are brick sizes. The window company reads the plans and supplies a list of windows and doors to fit that plan. Some windows use different brick openings to frame openings. If it's the 10 - 30mm don't worry. Ed If I write "I" please read "We"! Be good. This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 8077 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28419 Hi, I have a steel frame house which was built 2 years ago. When you are down stairs you can hear clunking noises when someone is walking around. We were told if you… 0 4501 |