Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 28, 2008 8:43 pm Could someone tell me if the plasterers did our garage properly? We have a lowered garage so our driveway is less steep. Should the plaster go all the way to the floor? and cover the concrete slab? Re: Plaster advice 2Aug 29, 2008 2:29 pm It is perfectly normal, the only reason you notice it is because your floor level from your house is much higher than your garage. Re: Plaster advice 3Aug 29, 2008 2:47 pm Yes, it does look a bit weird. I don't think they will put anything below the walls. Thanks thebuildingsurv, I guess we are just not use to it. Re: Plaster advice 4Aug 29, 2008 2:53 pm Hi Sammy,
Thanks to our corporate firewall, I can't see any photo in your post from work, have to check from home, but I can see a few garage photos from your blog. Are you talking about the bottom part that's currently part of the concrete slab? Unfortunately it will left as it is and won't be covered by the plaster board. But the bottom of the plaster (where it joins the slab) will be covered by the skirting board. My understanding is, Garage area is "inhabitable" and the wall is only single brick which is not 100% waterproof. In case of heavy rain, at some corner area it can still get a little water coming through the bricks. As plaster boards are not water proof, they can't sit directly on top of the garage floor otherwise it can get water damaged quite easily. Hope this is what you are after. Been very busy recently and haven't check your blog for a while. You guys are moving pretty fast! I notied a few things from your blog: 1. Did your contract covers the steps from your house into the garage? from the photo looks like you need at least 2 - 3 steps. Be aware that the depth of the steps can be quite big, hope it doesn't reduce your garage space too much. 2. Make sure you check the ceiling at night with torch after the plaster finished. If there's any uneven area get it fixed before handover. We have a few areas still got some minor problems. Unfortunately it's very hard to pick this up during day time. Check it at night with torches is the besy way! 3. From photos on your blog I noticed you got some tall trees around your house. You might want to plan for some gutter protection mesh/net to prevent it from blocking the down pipes and damage your water tank system!! 4. In your post titled "Electrical wiring and A/C ducts", I saw in the last photo there's an area at the right in the brick wall with a huge beam. Is this in the garage or outside the house? How are they going to cover that hole? 5. In your post titled "Plastering - Part 2", noticed the other side of your kitchen benchtop has been plastered as well. Just remind you that it happened to one of AllCastle customer which we visited, where the builder made mistake in calculating the width of the granite benchtop part which hang over that plaster (the part that pops out for leg space, hope I describe this clearly), in the end when they sit on the other side (left, in your photo), the granite benchtop only have about 10-15cm hang over from the plaster, with very little leg space left and they didn't pick that up during inspection. Make sure you measure yours properly amd compare it with the display home! 6. You mentioned getting inspection from Tyrells Property Inspection in your blog, how did it go, are you happy with their service/quality of work? Re: Plaster advice 5Aug 29, 2008 3:14 pm Hi ahuang,
Thanks for your comment. 1) Our steps are not included in the contract. But we have widen our garage to accomodate steps. Unfortunately the whole garage should move 1 metre across to leave room for steps, they did this correctly in the first tender but subsequently it was shifted back in later tenders (which we di not notice until construction). 2)How do you check ceiling at night? 3)We are in process of submitting to council to remove trees and propose replacement planting at a location of our choice. 4)The beam will be plastered. It looked wierd but we don't mind. 5)Thanks for noticing that, we didn't notice that until too late! 6)Tyrells were pretty good. Few minor things but SS will hopefully fix. By the way, we have contacted your landscaper for quote on ours. He is very helpful. Re: Plaster advice 6Aug 29, 2008 3:42 pm Do this at your own risk, as technically you shouldn't enter the house before hand over. Be careful not to hurt yourself, otherwise.......
To check your ceiling at night brefore hand over, first you must have access into the house. This can be done in many ways, the way we used is leave a door or window close but not locked... Have seen others use the sliding door as well. It's easier if there's at least 2 person, so that one can hold the torch while the other check or take photos (might need a tripod). Just shine the torch to the ceilings (specially living/family/kitchen area) in different angles and try to fix it (with brick or something), then walk around to see if you can notice some bump or uneven surfaces. Take photo (try both with & without flash lights) if possible, might be a bit difficult and have to try a few times to make it visible on the photo. Problem is, even if you have the photo you can't actually use it until after handover as your builder might ask how did you get that as we haven't hand over the house yet? And they will tighten the security checking (locking the windows/doors, ...etc) I guess technically, you can leave this after handover, but it's harder/slower to get builder's attention to fix things since you paid everything... That's besically it, good luck, be careful and have fun! Hi, Have used the Dulux 1 step, oil base on my walls(white set), out of can it’s already a more thinner product than a final coat paint Also in water base Water or… 3 4994 yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5260 Our 6m high Cathedral ceiling has 0 insulation, just plaster, wrap and tiles as far as I can tell. Wife likes the exposed beams, I hate the $600 per month heating bill,… 0 11722 |