Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 41Aug 27, 2017 10:37 pm Congrats on a sign, you will have a big pile of rocks soon - we got really excited about that haha Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 42Sep 07, 2017 6:28 am Today is the start. Meeting the site supervisor and having our house pegged out!!!! Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 43Sep 07, 2017 6:23 pm We have a site cut!!! Was a total surprise meeting the SS and the block being cut. My plans state a soakage pit needs to be installed. I have always questioned this and so did my SS. Who had to have a soakage pit installed? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 44Sep 08, 2017 9:34 am Ok. I will ask the question, what is a soakage pit and what does it do? Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 45Sep 08, 2017 10:07 am bestspecials Ok. I will ask the question, what is a soakage pit and what does it do? Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 46Sep 08, 2017 10:29 am Hi there A soak pit , also known as a soakaway or leach pit, is a covered, porous-walled chamber that allows water to slowly soak into the ground.- You may need it on your property to take away water form the house in clay soil and on flat land it serves as a drainage tool so water does not sit nearby your construction/build or alternatively it can take away grey water and sewerage if needed. I hope this helps a bit. I would investigate with an engineer before removing it if it is recommended, the more drainage around your home the better Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 47Sep 09, 2017 8:01 am Hudson House Hi there A soak pit , also known as a soakaway or leach pit, is a covered, porous-walled chamber that allows water to slowly soak into the ground.- You may need it on your property to take away water form the house in clay soil and on flat land it serves as a drainage tool so water does not sit nearby your construction/build or alternatively it can take away grey water and sewerage if needed. I hope this helps a bit. I would investigate with an engineer before removing it if it is recommended, the more drainage around your home the better Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 48Sep 13, 2017 1:00 pm Went out to the block today and wow it was a hive of activity. Plumbers and electricians all getting eveything organised. Our HSTP went in on Monday. Now we are stuck with some huge piles of clay to dispose of Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 49Sep 16, 2017 9:10 pm At the end of week 1 and they are steaming along. This week saw our plumbing and electrical, piers and footings, HSTP installation and getting ready for the slab to be poured on Monday. Today we spent all day planting trees. The ground is so dry and the soil is horrible clay. Even eith Hubbys motorized hole digger it didn't really help. Back out there tomorrow to finish off. At our colour appointmrnt we wanted to swap some of the upgraded fixtures to the other bathroom and so forth. Coral were going to charge me twice for the same taps just in different rooms. I took it out and asked our SS and we are able to change them at no cost. Winning Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 52Sep 18, 2017 8:16 am Following along. Our start date was 5th of September, so it will be interesting to compare builds. I love your colour selections. We are going Urban ceasarstone benchtops too. Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87724 Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 54Sep 22, 2017 4:43 am Congrats on slab stage! Can't wait to see it all come together for you. Nice choices! Great job on the tree planting would have been tough going digging all that. Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 55Sep 22, 2017 5:28 am ABuild Congrats on slab stage! Can't wait to see it all come together for you. Nice choices! Great job on the tree planting would have been tough going digging all that. Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 56Sep 25, 2017 7:03 pm Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 57Sep 28, 2017 7:47 am Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 58Sep 28, 2017 8:41 am Looks great! We are getting a start on the steel frames today, so excited! Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 59Sep 28, 2017 8:48 am Hudson House Looks great! We are getting a start on the steel frames today, so excited! Re: Coral Homes Marcoola 60Sep 28, 2017 8:51 am H Family Hudson House Looks great! We are getting a start on the steel frames today, so excited! Interested to see how quickly it goes up being steel. They are anticipating 38 deg here today my poor builders will boil. Yes certainly. Our SS is dealing with the drama of the metal framing being dropped and scraping our slab so there is an expensive repair for the contractors that delivered it. Luckily Coral are onto it and we will progress. same here with the weather 37 degrees out at Gilston for our poor chippy today, hope they have hats and sunscreen. Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13745 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 1766 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 |