Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5501Apr 28, 2017 1:39 pm Hi all, for those still in admin - highly recommend upgrading to soundscreen insulation and solid core doors. We've been in our house 3 wks and just finding the echo thru house a little annoying! Hubby and I work different hours (I'm up in the morning early and he's home and about 11pm) and just should have bit the bullet on those things. We soundscreened the theatre only, for $400ish. Should have done the whole house. We the serenity 31 single story and can hear all that's happening in the kitchen, from our bedroom. Something to consider if you live with shift workers and like silence lol. Seems all the tiles we all have in our homes now makes a good tunnel for sound!!! I guess with the doors, you can always change those but recommend the sound screen if your budget allows it Building Wisdom Homes Serenity 31 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5503Apr 28, 2017 2:43 pm Kirst10 Hi all, for those still in admin - highly recommend upgrading to soundscreen insulation and solid core doors. We've been in our house 3 wks and just finding the echo thru house a little annoying! Hubby and I work different hours (I'm up in the morning early and he's home and about 11pm) and just should have bit the bullet on those things. We soundscreened the theatre only, for $400ish. Should have done the whole house. We the serenity 31 single story and can hear all that's happening in the kitchen, from our bedroom. Something to consider if you live with shift workers and like silence lol. Seems all the tiles we all have in our homes now makes a good tunnel for sound!!! I guess with the doors, you can always change those but recommend the sound screen if your budget allows it Yeah my old house did that which is pretty similar to your layout. (It was the providence 24). The joys of open plan living right?! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5506Apr 28, 2017 5:08 pm Congrats 😊 Building Washington 29, Avanti Facade. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5507Apr 28, 2017 5:13 pm Fingers crossed! Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5508Apr 28, 2017 6:10 pm Looking good... Wisdom Homes Manhattan 39 Blog - https://edmondson-park.blogspot.com.au H1 Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88210 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5509Apr 28, 2017 7:43 pm Regarding sound screen insulation, I've always been confused about how it's marked on our plans. We paid for it in 2 walls which have TVs backing on to a bedroom, and this is clear on the plans, but we also paid for it in the ceiling above our HT and ground floor bedroom. The only place on the plans I can find any mention of it is as pictured. Is this standard, or have they upgraded the whole ceiling, or would the specific areas be marked on the plans somewhere and I'm missing it? If any of you have specified this in just certain areas I'd be curious to know what your plans say. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5511Apr 28, 2017 8:07 pm Was standard, at least with the luxury essentials package anyway. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5512Apr 28, 2017 8:12 pm Kirst10 Hi all, for those still in admin - highly recommend upgrading to soundscreen insulation and solid core doors. We've been in our house 3 wks and just finding the echo thru house a little annoying! Hubby and I work different hours (I'm up in the morning early and he's home and about 11pm) and just should have bit the bullet on those things. We soundscreened the theatre only, for $400ish. Should have done the whole house. We the serenity 31 single story and can hear all that's happening in the kitchen, from our bedroom. Something to consider if you live with shift workers and like silence lol. Seems all the tiles we all have in our homes now makes a good tunnel for sound!!! I guess with the doors, you can always change those but recommend the sound screen if your budget allows it Thanks for pointing that out. Is the sound screen fitting only on internal walls? Leaving the insulation for the external walls and roof. Would that all be an expensive exercise? Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5513Apr 28, 2017 8:35 pm GLO Kirst10 Hi all, for those still in admin - highly recommend upgrading to soundscreen insulation and solid core doors. We've been in our house 3 wks and just finding the echo thru house a little annoying! Hubby and I work different hours (I'm up in the morning early and he's home and about 11pm) and just should have bit the bullet on those things. We soundscreened the theatre only, for $400ish. Should have done the whole house. We the serenity 31 single story and can hear all that's happening in the kitchen, from our bedroom. Something to consider if you live with shift workers and like silence lol. Seems all the tiles we all have in our homes now makes a good tunnel for sound!!! I guess with the doors, you can always change those but recommend the sound screen if your budget allows it Thanks for pointing that out. Is the sound screen fitting only on internal walls? Leaving the insulation for the external walls and roof. Would that all be an expensive exercise? Good question GLO, I can't remember if it goes in the external walls. But doing our theatre and one other wall (one in between bed 2&3 coz there's no robes separating them) was $450 from memory. So possibly to do most of the house (walls that open to the living space) would be maybe $1500ish. If you've got a single story, something to think about! Building Wisdom Homes Serenity 31 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5514Apr 28, 2017 8:46 pm Love it, looks fabulous now you can see it in all its glory majestic35.weebly.com Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5515Apr 28, 2017 9:49 pm MandM+4 Regarding sound screen insulation, I've always been confused about how it's marked on our plans. We paid for it in 2 walls which have TVs backing on to a bedroom, and this is clear on the plans, but we also paid for it in the ceiling above our HT and ground floor bedroom. The only place on the plans I can find any mention of it is as pictured. Is this standard, or have they upgraded the whole ceiling, or would the specific areas be marked on the plans somewhere and I'm missing it? If any of you have specified this in just certain areas I'd be curious to know what your plans say. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Looks like they put it in for the whole floor space. We have the same note on our plans and we paid for the entire floor. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5516Apr 28, 2017 9:55 pm Kirst10 GLO Kirst10 Hi all, for those still in admin - highly recommend upgrading to soundscreen insulation and solid core doors. We've been in our house 3 wks and just finding the echo thru house a little annoying! Hubby and I work different hours (I'm up in the morning early and he's home and about 11pm) and just should have bit the bullet on those things. We soundscreened the theatre only, for $400ish. Should have done the whole house. We the serenity 31 single story and can hear all that's happening in the kitchen, from our bedroom. Something to consider if you live with shift workers and like silence lol. Seems all the tiles we all have in our homes now makes a good tunnel for sound!!! I guess with the doors, you can always change those but recommend the sound screen if your budget allows it Thanks for pointing that out. Is the sound screen fitting only on internal walls? Leaving the insulation for the external walls and roof. Would that all be an expensive exercise? Good question GLO, I can't remember if it goes in the external walls. But doing our theatre and one other wall (one in between bed 2&3 coz there's no robes separating them) was $450 from memory. So possibly to do most of the house (walls that open to the living space) would be maybe $1500ish. If you've got a single story, something to think about! We have put soundscreen through most of our internal walls and between the two floors - it's costing us $1890 for ground floor, $1200 for first floor (we skipped some walls that weren't necessary) and $1950 for between the floors. We also put solid core doors everywhere which was an additional $90/door. So all up it would be around $7000 if we did every internal wall and door in the house - that's for a 31sq house. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5517Apr 28, 2017 10:02 pm Jenifermarie MandM+4 Regarding sound screen insulation, I've always been confused about how it's marked on our plans. We paid for it in 2 walls which have TVs backing on to a bedroom, and this is clear on the plans, but we also paid for it in the ceiling above our HT and ground floor bedroom. The only place on the plans I can find any mention of it is as pictured. Is this standard, or have they upgraded the whole ceiling, or would the specific areas be marked on the plans somewhere and I'm missing it? If any of you have specified this in just certain areas I'd be curious to know what your plans say. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Looks like they put it in for the whole floor space. We have the same note on our plans and we paid for the entire floor. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Hmm. And yours is R2.5 ours 2.0. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5518Apr 28, 2017 10:35 pm MandM+4 Jenifermarie MandM+4 Regarding sound screen insulation, I've always been confused about how it's marked on our plans. We paid for it in 2 walls which have TVs backing on to a bedroom, and this is clear on the plans, but we also paid for it in the ceiling above our HT and ground floor bedroom. The only place on the plans I can find any mention of it is as pictured. Is this standard, or have they upgraded the whole ceiling, or would the specific areas be marked on the plans somewhere and I'm missing it? If any of you have specified this in just certain areas I'd be curious to know what your plans say. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Looks like they put it in for the whole floor space. We have the same note on our plans and we paid for the entire floor. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Hmm. And yours is R2.5 ours 2.0. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes I just checked our contract. We have 2.0 in the walls but 2.5 in between the floors listed on there, might be worth looking to see what is in your contract. I think the 2.0 is thinner and is all that fits in the wall frames. We didn't specify when we requested it in our tender, that was just what Wisdom put in. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5519Apr 28, 2017 10:39 pm Jenifermarie MandM+4 Jenifermarie [quote="MandM+4"]Regarding sound screen insulation, I've always been confused about how it's marked on our plans. We paid for it in 2 walls which have TVs backing on to a bedroom, and this is clear on the plans, but we also paid for it in the ceiling above our HT and ground floor bedroom. The only place on the plans I can find any mention of it is as pictured. Is this standard, or have they upgraded the whole ceiling, or would the specific areas be marked on the plans somewhere and I'm missing it? If any of you have specified this in just certain areas I'd be curious to know what your plans say. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Looks like they put it in for the whole floor space. We have the same note on our plans and we paid for the entire floor. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Hmm. And yours is R2.5 ours 2.0. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes I just checked our contract. We have 2.0 in the walls but 2.5 in between the floors listed on there, might be worth looking to see what is in your contract. I think the 2.0 is thinner and is all that fits in the wall frames. We didn't specify when we requested it in our tender, that was just what Wisdom put in. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] I've already checked, we have 2.0 in contract tender. Will see what eventuates, I certainly won't be querying it Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 5520Apr 28, 2017 11:01 pm Hi just wondering for those who built the grand portico facade (I believe mrsL and Hashem?) Were the frames and roof trusses for your front portico put up at the same time as the rest of the frames. Ours aren't up yet, but I just figured they hadn't quite finished. Got an invoice for completion of frames today and want to make sure that it is actually finished before we pay. I'm expecting it to be all done tomorrow but just thought I'd check in case it was done at roofing stage? majestic35.weebly.com Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? 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