Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 61Sep 23, 2015 12:40 am Slab booked in for this Thursday!! Nervous about tomorrow as I have to anchor 3 columns to the footings and paranoid about getting it plumb. Time to take out the Hilti! Wish me luck.... Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 63Sep 23, 2015 6:13 am Good luck with the pour & fill and thanks for the photos. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - SLAB!!! - Almost 64Sep 23, 2015 10:35 am kasra nedlands After much discussion, we decided to go with hydronic floor heating for the entire addition. I had done a lot of reading on the topic with the initial intention of installing the system myself, however I've been have recurrent back issues so I thought it best to let someone else tie the 2000 wires . I also decided against slab insulation. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ WOW! All the best for the slab pour Thursday! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=75302 Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 65Sep 23, 2015 11:22 pm I'm jealous of your heating! Good luck tomorrow. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 66Sep 23, 2015 11:47 pm My aim today was to spend 3-4 hrs onsite anchoring three of our columns before the pour. It ended up being a marathon session 8 hr session but I finally had the columns up at around 5pm and started grouting in the dark . I definitely have a greater appreciation for steel fabricators. Good news is that all is now in place for our pour tomorrow. Planning on being on site at 6am tomorrow so best get some shut eye... Chemical anchors in place 16x190mm Hilti - Didn't take it long to set @ 30 degrees. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Two columns in place. Prior to grouting. Had to build the form work with block outs for the other columns Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 67Sep 24, 2015 7:13 am 8 hours?... you should have put in polystyrene blocks for the 3 columns missing (Top of photo) as there is no need to notch the form work around? Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 69Sep 24, 2015 11:51 pm StructuralBIMGuy 8 hours?... you should have put in polystyrene blocks for the 3 columns missing (Top of photo) as there is no need to notch the form work around? First time doing it and felt like I needed to take my time to make sure it was all accurate. I'm happy I notched the form work as it worked well. Just as easy for me to do. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 71Oct 09, 2015 10:10 pm Have been falling asleep on the couch lately so I haven't updated for a while. Its been a hectic few weeks and its been go go go just to keep with the bricklayers schedule. Our slab had to have the the initial grind for our polished concrete flooring before the bricklayers started. We have decided on a low exposure grind to give a industrial feel. Save a bit of money that way too. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 72Oct 09, 2015 10:18 pm My main aim for the week has been to put up formwork and pour the concrete for retaining the original house. Initially the plan was to use maxis as a cavity fill but I got greedy and wanted a bit more space in our kitchen and laundry so I decided to use the timber from the original garage roof and form up instead. - This way i save space and money. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Instead of of using the concrete taxi and wheel barrows I decided to just hire a pump team. Cost me $620 for the hire and ordered 4 cubes from Boral. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - bricks bricks bricks 73Oct 10, 2015 12:34 am The bricklaying team have started and its been difficult to slow them down. Rather than getting on with my jobs I'm having to run around making sure they have enough supplies to keep going. We've got 10,000 maxi bricks and 10,000 reclaimed bricks so it should take at least 2-3 weeks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 74Oct 10, 2015 9:50 am great progress. Interesting build to follow. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 75Oct 10, 2015 9:12 pm Coming along quickly! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=75302 Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 76Oct 11, 2015 9:01 am kasra nedlands My main aim for the week has been to put up formwork and pour the concrete for retaining the original house. Initially the plan was to use maxis as a cavity fill but I got greedy and wanted a bit more space in our kitchen and laundry so I decided to use the timber from the original garage roof and form up instead. - This way i save space and money. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ One of the main reasons we use cavity filled brickwork over inverted/upturned beams or concrete walls to support internal brick wall. Is to avoid unsightly crack lines in the plaster work between the interface of the concrete beam/wall and brickwork which sits above the lower floor level. Other examples include: Balconies with brick balustrade and spaces in stair wells where brickwork sits on the suspended concrete slabs... It always becomes a maintenance problem later on.HTH Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 77Oct 11, 2015 6:35 pm Yes Gandn and Perth_Euro progress has finally been steady. I anticipate that it will progress well till we have a roof and then things will really slow down. StructuralBIMGuy in our case we will have kitchen and laundry cabinets in front of it so I don't see it as a concern for us. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 78Oct 12, 2015 5:41 pm Removed the formwork today. Happy with the result. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Mean while Ive told the bricklayers to slow down so they are back to a 2:1 team today. Still have decent progress though. They have finished our master bedroom and dressing - shown in the picture. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tomorrow will be another big day on the site with a 3:1 bricklaying, multiple deliveries and our steel fabricator on site with a crane to start installing the other steel columns. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 79Oct 14, 2015 12:17 pm Have spent the last 2 days onsite dealing with what seems to be endless complications, requests, orders and plan changes. Our brick layers have continued to work with the maxis and are making good progress. I estimate the lower floor to be finished in 10 days. We had chosen one of the large steel companies to supply the structural steel and have our steel and window fabricator guy install it. Ideally I would have liked the one person responsible for supply and install however I couldn't justify it due to the $6,000 cost difference. Our first install session was yesterday. The crane company sent one of their largest cranes as their smaller crane was out of action. This lead to delays due to a restricted site access. I had to prune our jacaranda while the crane waited. The result was 4 hrs charge for 1 hrs work time. Wallet not happy! Cranes charge for transport time to site which in our case is 45mins each way. Pictures to come. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 80Oct 14, 2015 12:34 pm Quote: Wallet not happy! Cranes charge for transport time to site which in our case is 45mins each way. I know the feeling. In my build it is 4 hours transport time each way. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16711 If you need to pay for a project manager you would be well advised to just engage a builder who would take full responsibility for the build. As opposed to you OB where… 5 15078 |