Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Frames without timber noggings? 9Jul 15, 2017 12:18 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Frames without timber noggings? 11Jul 16, 2017 7:34 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Frames without timber noggings? 14Jul 16, 2017 10:36 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: Frames without timber noggings? 15Jul 16, 2017 3:49 pm Cheers Nom Newhaven 36 by M Blog - North Shore Newhaven (http://nsnewhaven.blogspot.com.au) Build - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85092 Re: Frames without timber noggings? 18Jul 17, 2017 8:42 am Newbie2017 So we desperately need the house built on schedule (currently at rough in stage) and avoid any potential hold ups/disputes. I think this is part of the reasons why we've been held at ransom and walked all over - as we have just been "sucking up" their "explanations", hoping that as the builder has been around for >20 years that the finished house can't be too bad... naïve, I know. Oh.. the joys of building a dream home... Yes some starve you of taking possession and force you into submission..but if it's non-compliant it needs to be rectified. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Frames without timber noggings? 19Aug 12, 2017 10:40 pm hi everyone, just a bit of closure on this and also for future reference if anyone is faced with a similar situation. So, after all the advice provided here, we contacted the frame manufacturer and were told that the frames are compliant (of course they'd say that). Apparently as there are two metal strips - one across the top and one across the bottom - they are deemed to be OK structurally. We also checked with a few other frame manufacturers and a couple of them knew about this method of putting in "ribbon noggins" instead of timber noggins. However, the other manufacturers said that they did not sell these type of pre-fab frames. Anyway, we still felt unsure so we asked the builder to have the carpenters put some timber noggins in - for those studs that are 450mm or more apart. The builder eventually agreed but we need to pay - about $2,000. It's quite a lot of money, but we decided at the end to just suck it up and pay. It would provide us with peace of mind in the long term so $2K is acceptable. The frames now have timber noggings in between about half of all the studs, and feels and looks a lot more normal! Cheers, Newbie2017 Re: Frames without timber noggings? 20Aug 13, 2017 8:47 am Newbie2017 Please lodge a complaint with the Building commission in your state also ...Charging clients (Gouging) $2000 extra over for what should be standard is Bulldust BTW you could have put them in yourself for $100 Please leave a PM & Thanks for the update Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28321 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 20903 Hi, I contracted a Builder to do a Garage to Bedroom + ensuite conversion (Class 1a), the Builder engaged the Certifier and Engineer and received BDA from the Certifier… 0 5030 |