Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Why strengthening is required ? 6Jun 08, 2007 11:07 am We built our Allcastle home in 1999. 2 storey, 4 bedroom, triple garage.
Site supervisor was easy to get in contact with. He always returned our calls the same day we called. And we called a lot. Nothing seemed too much trouble. During the build we noticed some small errors. First they delivered the wrong coloured gutters to what we specified. But we let them know before it was installed so that was a small crisis averted. During the build we asked for a couple of variations such as installing a cavity sliding door to the loungeroom and a few extra downlight. That was all taken care of without any trouble. They missed installing a couple of sensors on a couple of the windows for the alarm.. but as soon as we let them know they fixed it up. Build quality was great as far as we could tell. My wife and I aren't experts but we found no serious problem during the final inspection walkthrough. A touch up on a few painted areas was all that we asked for and it was attended to without a problem. We lived in the house for 7 years. No cracked plaster. No cornices coming away from the walls. No cracked tiles. No leaks in the wet areas. No cracks bricks. Everything was fine. Passed the building inspection no problem when we sold it. I'd have no hesitation in recommending Allcastle. Of course with all builds you need to keep an eye on the progress to make sure things are done to your satisfaction. You will always find problems. But any we did find Allcastle attended to without any hassles. Re: Why strengthening is required ? 7Jun 13, 2007 11:54 pm Thanks for the information Mark!
Hope mine goes well too. Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Why strengthening is required ? 8Jun 14, 2007 7:49 am That reference will normally be in regards to a timber subfloor construction where bearer & joist spans are calculaled to carry 'normal' floor live,dead & point loads.
Extra loads such as for a water bed or 10 ton pianos require extra strengthening of the subfloor as in extra joists or a stump directly under the load point etc. It is not unusual. Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 24601 A Sabco spin mop, minimal moisture, not very regularly. I was told these hybrids are water resistant 🤷♀️ 2 9689 I know foam has been around since the 90's and CSR started manufacturing Hebel in 1989, so it's definitely possible 5 6150 |