Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Our Hill Build 2Jan 03, 2011 2:01 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Our Hill Build - plans. Advice please? 11Jan 04, 2011 4:38 pm T&V Hi BenPrin, love the design, do u have a roofing plan yet? the 300mm bit is VERY important on savings in materials - just remember to make it at 300's either internal or external -walls take up a bit of room - i'd always go for having external walls to brick or timber sizes - but i'm old school. Roofing plan, we plan on having one. No clue! As far as the back sharp angle is concerned my initial thought is to extend the roofline to square off so we have a) good shade (facing north) on our deck and b) assumed it would be much cheaper than figuring out how to tile a roof like that! Is that what you mean? Existing roof is new (insurance replaced entire roof after hail and storm damage) tile, so we will copy that with the extension. Unless there's a better option? Ideas? Quote: from a BOYS pont of view (ie the labourer who actually hammers nails ) i just wonder about the outset ankle of the library,ensuite & bedroom? I could live with building the lovely feature wall at approx 45% (?) lounge & playroom below, but is that other offset really a feature worth considering seeing it adds a lot of cost to structural building (ie once corners aren't square they drive up cost - hence my question re roof plan). You're a clever and wise man. I guess I will lose that slight angle. You're right, it doesn't add anything but will make flooring, walls etc more difficult. Quote: Mrs T&V would just say thats what i want...so i build it, but i do see a cost saving if that wall were straight ? - just a thought/question, not a criticsm. hope u enjoy building it - do it while ur young - i'm not allowed on roofs anymore & have just had height restriction on climbing ladders cheers tony I likes the sounds of your Missus. the NEXT house will be no-holds barred... this one we have to compromise a bit. I'm not married to the west side roofline. Square it is! prin x PS, sing out if you need a spotter on that ladder. You sound like my Dad - he thinks he can fly off the roof. *(turns out, he cant. - Planning to renovate/extend and add on. Dec 10 - Soil test & Bush fire report completed. Jan 11 - Final drafting plans ready. Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20168 I brought terry road box hill in June 2022 House was meant to be completed Nov 2023 That did not happen I had to chase them so much to the land Registration and… 0 2520 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 18258 |