Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Mar 20, 2015 5:48 pm Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 6Apr 03, 2015 8:46 pm Metricon Glendale 38 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&p=1298363#p1298363 Selections: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&start=60 Tiles - p25 Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 8Apr 13, 2015 2:08 pm Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 10Apr 19, 2015 12:13 pm Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 12Apr 19, 2015 12:29 pm Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 13Apr 19, 2015 12:39 pm 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: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 14Apr 19, 2015 1:59 pm Yes warranty wise you could have a he said she said situation. For my house I have brick walls and extended them to have a spotless entry that will also be a towel off area. It did cost 1500 per shower to be hobless. It does get messy. Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 15May 08, 2015 9:38 pm Yeah our showers are also hobless and the sceens pretty much sit square against floor and wall tiles. Builder offers a frameless shower screen so I am not installing anything they don't offer themselves. Either way... I may have had a win with this today... Time will tell lol Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 16Jun 04, 2015 12:55 pm There also needs to be considerations in terms of power points. Power cannot be connected to any power point that is within spray distance of a shower head unless there is a physical barrier in place (or so I have been told by family members in the trade). In a lot of builds the power will only be connected at the meter box after shower screens are installed for this reason. Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 17Jun 04, 2015 2:34 pm Wel I wonder how that stands up with power points fitted just above the vanity basin. Someone grabs a handful of water and splashs face and PowerPoint at same time. Wouldn't that be the same issue? Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 18Jun 04, 2015 2:43 pm The simplest consideration is that of profit Shower screens are in the contract and builder is paid to provide and install them(builder makes profit on that) Now you want to save money by pulling them out?( builder's profit is reduced) Get a reality check. If I was your builder I would not do it. Builder is not required to agree to a variation and if he does it will be on his terms.(which most likely means you won't save anything and you still got to put them in and likely lose your warranty) 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: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 19Jun 04, 2015 7:35 pm Well aware of that simple consideration. Also well aware of how much profit large project builders make on every little aspect of the build. Do I begrudge them from making a profit? Or course not. I do however begrudge them make a absolute motsa on every tiny item. Would not have damaged their profit to any noticeable degree by allowing me to install my own screens. I wasn't asking to do anything d0dgy, I wasn't asking anyone to cut their throats although you might have been lead to believe that. It's pretty much the same scenario I am going to have with tiles. Clarendon won't let me purchase my own tiles and supply to them (as the tiles in their "range" are not what I want) for their tiler to install. Why? Because they won't warrant them. Really? That's a laugh.. Because the tiles I want I can buy from Beaumont, which is where I have to select my tiles from for Clarendon to use. Beaumont also have a massive sale on right now and I would like to take advantage of that. A reality check! Lol I can put that another way... Get real. Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Can Shower Screens Be Left Off For Handover? 20Jun 05, 2015 5:53 pm Roomeat Well aware of that simple consideration. Also well aware of how much profit large project builders make on every little aspect of the build. Do I begrudge them from making a profit? Or course not. I do however begrudge them make a absolute motsa on every tiny item. Would not have damaged their profit to any noticeable degree by allowing me to install my own screens. I wasn't asking to do anything d0dgy, I wasn't asking anyone to cut their throats although you might have been lead to believe that. It's pretty much the same scenario I am going to have with tiles. Clarendon won't let me purchase my own tiles and supply to them (as the tiles in their "range" are not what I want) for their tiler to install. Why? Because they won't warrant them. Really? That's a laugh.. Because the tiles I want I can buy from Beaumont, which is where I have to select my tiles from for Clarendon to use. Beaumont also have a massive sale on right now and I would like to take advantage of that. A reality check! Lol I can put that another way... Get real. Must admit I have a similar issue at the moment. I want to install C-bus (an electrical system) with me supplying the hardware but as I cannot get onsite the sparky installing it. We are at the point where the builders sparky will run the control cables for me and for me to install the switches, sensors etc after handover. They will do the cable on a supply and labor basis, but they won't accept me buying the cable (which is a special CAT5 type cable). When it comes to the 240V side they won't allow me to provide hardware, nor do that afterwards. I had suggested they run a 240V cable to a sub-board, run all the light circuits to the subboard and I have a sparky finish it afterwards. But answer is no, providing hardware causes warranty issues, despite me being able to show it is new, or suggesting they are not responsible for hardware I provide. As for doing it afterwards they say they must provide lights to get certificate of occupancy. I call BS on that actually, as my understanding is power just needs to be safe to get a certificate of occupacy. So having 240V to a sub board terminated properly is safe and having light cables run and coiled up in the celing also safe. Bit like banging head against wall. So for me to get it I need to get them to buy the special cable and hardware, be charged retail by sparky and builder add their 20%. So cost has now gone from me being able to provide hardware for around $6000 (excluding switches and sensors which I can do after) to now around $10,000. Now don't begrudge them a profit, but seriously this is silly, and more silly are the excuses as to why not. Oh as it is more work the sparky will make more and presumably the builder will make more too, but no that much more is not enough they want me to pay significantly more than it should really cost. Also surprised they don't want the sparky to do the programming too, though don't think they understand what c-bus is otherwise they would have tried. Anyway still a work in progress and I see similarities to the issue being discussed here. you need a fridgie to answer but I would think you vac the whole system then add gas if you have a leak, unless it is new install with the gas already loaded, in that case… 1 3719 Old Home Restoration / Renovation Hi, just discovered all these junks left behind under the floor. Could any of these be asbestos? Best to leave as it is or clean up? Thank you for your thoughts 0 8457 Hi everyone. I am a single mother with little daughter, living in a small tourist town in WA Australia. I am thinking to install security screens to all the doors and… 0 25812 |