Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 14, 2021 7:51 pm Hi all We’re on the selections journey at moment and looking for some insight on a complication we came across today. In our ensuite we’re really hoping to have above counter dual basins. The style we have been aiming for is a thin edge rectangular basin. It turns out most of these don’t have overflow holes (we found one that’s 600mm long - but two of those on our 2000mm vanity seems too much). We were told we can’t have the basin without an overflow. When we pressed, we were told it means needing floor waste as huge expense and possibly additional water proofing. To add to this, we were also told that because were going 600x600mm tiles on our floor, we have to have channel waste, again at great expense. We were told the tilers can’t get adequate fall, using a 600x600 tile for a standard waste unit. Totally out of our depth here. Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated. In an ideal world, we get to have our above counter basins! Thank you! Re: Above bench basin complications 2Jan 14, 2021 8:06 pm Are you having a walk in/hobless shower by any chance? Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Above bench basin complications 3Jan 14, 2021 8:15 pm chippy Are you having a walk in/hobless shower by any chance? Yea we are... and it’s 1200 wide... Re: Above bench basin complications 4Jan 14, 2021 8:27 pm Tell the builder to grade the floor all back to the strip drain in the shower. That can be the floor waste for the entire bathroom as there is no job to stop the flow of water. Just waterproof the whole bathroom floor. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Above bench basin complications 5Jan 14, 2021 8:28 pm No hob. The builder will have to do a nice step down in the slab to get the grade but it doesn't cost anything. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Above bench basin complications 6Jan 14, 2021 8:29 pm chippy Tell the builder to grade the floor all back to the strip drain in the shower. That can be the floor waste for the entire bathroom as there is no job to stop the flow of water. Just waterproof the whole bathroom floor. Awesome, thank you. Sounds like it’s not as catastrophic as it might have been explained to us today?? Re: Above bench basin complications 7Jan 14, 2021 8:32 pm Winnieshome chippy Tell the builder to grade the floor all back to the strip drain in the shower. That can be the floor waste for the entire bathroom as there is no job to stop the flow of water. Just waterproof the whole bathroom floor. Awesome, thank you. Sounds like it’s not as catastrophic as it might have been explained to us today?? No overflow on our basins. It's easy done. Just depends on how accommodating your builder is. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Above bench basin complications 8Jan 14, 2021 8:39 pm chippy Winnieshome chippy Tell the builder to grade the floor all back to the strip drain in the shower. That can be the floor waste for the entire bathroom as there is no job to stop the flow of water. Just waterproof the whole bathroom floor. Awesome, thank you. Sounds like it’s not as catastrophic as it might have been explained to us today?? No overflow on our basins. It's easy done. Just depends on how accommodating your builder is. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That’s great. Thanks so much for taking the time to share. Sounds like it should be a reasonably straight forward convo with our builder. Nice bathroom! Have look at your house plans and you will probably find that brick articulation joint has been missed. Maximum allowable spacing is 6M or 5.5M for a wall with window… 17 20859 Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 12183 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 10351 |