Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Jan 15, 2012 4:31 pm So I bought a lovely kit home. They were great about reconfiguring to suit us. I have a fantastic solar passive, open plan kit home half built. This kit consists of premilled 45mm pine boards. Tongue and groove horizontally slotted into aluminium channel. But... is a kit home a kit home without directions? I have something called a "Standard Construction Sequence" put together in 2007 with many times photocopied, unlabeled black and white pictures. It's generic and not at all specific to my house. Even with the poor directions I got the walls up easily enough, and from there... well, now I have to wing it. I'm pretty much left to work out how things go together. Most diagrams are from similar but not the same houses, small with misspellings. Terminology is for a person who knows more than the average handy bloke. I can't wait till I can get a plumber in to put the colourbond on. Today I finished erecting the valley beams, and over the last couple of days have put up three gigantic ridge beams, I must admit...I'm a bit surprised that I've got this far! Next come the exposed rafters and then purlins. I'll know how to do it if there ever is a next time, but find that I'm Googling to work out what a "Jack truss", "Trip-l-grip", and "bottom chord tie" We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16252 The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 6150 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair But if it is a ground level open pit, then it is not a charged system. No surprises there. The pipes have obviously been altered and there would be a reason for this.… 3 31268 |