Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Apr 06, 2013 9:52 am Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 4Apr 13, 2013 11:04 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 7Apr 13, 2013 1:25 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 10Apr 14, 2013 5:03 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 12Apr 14, 2013 9:51 pm The most annoying thing I've found in the process of building a house is that Australian Standards (which I'm use to referring to for work) don't apply to houses as the BCA takes precedence e.g. stair design. I don't understand why there are two competing 'authorities' trying to govern how things are designed and constructed. ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 13Apr 15, 2013 11:04 pm PAB_34 The most annoying thing I've found in the process of building a house is that Australian Standards (which I'm use to referring to for work) don't apply to houses as the BCA takes precedence e.g. stair design. EDITED June 8th, 2016 People are confused by the conflict and are largely unaware of the hierarchy system. Most persons (I believe) also believe that all Australian Standards have a legal standing. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 14Apr 16, 2013 5:06 pm Not having trawled all the H1 rules in referring to other sites, I'll play safe, hopefully NSW Fair Trading has released a report on building problems. I came across it online via an article in The A.. Google finds it on other sites as well. "Builders the top consumer gripe" include the quotes to narrow it right down. Speaks for itself, some will say. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 15Apr 20, 2013 12:36 am Found a few Standards AS 1684 - 2006. Residential timber framed construction. AS 1860 - 1998. Installation of particle board flooring. AS 2047 - 1999. Windows in buildings. Selection and installation AS 2870 - 2011. Residential slabs and footings. AS 3598.1 - 1991. Ceramic tiles installation. AS 3700 - 2001. Masonry structures. AS/NZ 3500.3 - 2003. Plumbing and drainage - Stormwater drainage. CSIRO document BTF18 - 2003. Home owners guide to foundation maintenance and footing performance. AS 3959. Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas. Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 16Apr 28, 2013 9:43 am ed @ ecoclassic "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." Douglas Bader (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) BTW, this means bad builders and suppliers etc., who stick rigidly to the GTS&T (obey), are the former (fools)!! But there are plenty of suppliers and builders who don't go by the rules and say "no" anyway (they are neither fools nor wise, just ignorant and greedy, or maybe don't have the authority to fix the problem - then you must take it higher). Fortunately there are many who are the latter (wise), and say "would I have that in my home?" or "is that what I would expect after paying all that money?"... I try to see it from the customers' viewpoint and ignore the cost burden, many homeowners and builders then try to see things from my perspective and everyone is happy. I once changed over a whole houselot of PVC windows, to aluminium windows at no charge, the husband (a builder) had chosen PVC, but when she saw them installed and on site, his wife decided they did not fit her dream, so we took the PVC windows back and manufactured and supplied aluminium. What happened next? Well, after 12 months, the husband took me to court for delaying the build because the windows were late, because it took another 6 weeks to supply aluminium, he claimed the delay was our fault because the PVC windows supplied were the wrong colour, and the wrong size... so he wanted $40,000!!! And he had not paid for the windows!!! So there we were sitting in mediation across the table, he with his solicitor, the mediator, our sales representative and me, and I asked him if, as per his claim, he believed that the original PVC windows were the wrong colour and wrong size -"yes" he said. Bad judgement on my part, helping him when his wife gave him a hard time. And incompetence on my part, hanging onto the old windows for a full year, but also very fortunate. I enjoyed watching him in our factory, check his colour samples against each window (the colours in PVC never vary), and measuring each... End of claim, end of story. Another good outcome was I sold the original windows to a very deserving guy who happened to be a paramedic, who, 4 weeks after he bought them, saved me when I had a heart attack... he got the bargain of a lifetime, I got my life. My guide to standards: -
Am I being fair? Will anyone suffer? How will I feel afterwards? I have a builder right now, claiming big dollars and blaming me for a problem that he created and he is attempting to cover up... Never let anyone change who you are, my guiding principle is, you always have a choice to make every experience an opportunity to get better or bitter. Sometimes, when customers and builders are very difficult from the start, I think their last encounter with someone else may have been trying. So I try harder. Being human, I lost it once recently... but the customer saw my side and understood. She had been through the mill with her builder, I had personal problems affecting my availability to solve her problem... minds met, it was sorted, and I have a happy customer. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 17Apr 28, 2013 10:59 am well said Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Guide to Standards and Tolerances is Bible"Book of Excus 18Mar 20, 2017 9:21 am This is what I absolutely hate about Guide to Standards and Tolerances Australia's most professional builder is hiding behind the guide for entry door that is badly bowed and cannot seal when closed. Would the director of the building company accept this on his home? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 4729 I believe this is correct. From the picture you can see the power was put in last so the electrician knew where the water was. Really it's a common sense issue more… 4 4455 2 6459 |