Porter Davis homes

Our temp fence has been removed. We don’t even have a date for PCI yet. Is it normal to remove it so soon? They are hoping to do PCI next week some time.

Has anyone else found when measuring their windows for blinds that the distances are off by a few cm compared to the spec on the PD plans? All my 2400mm windows are actually about 2365 to 2370 from one end of the recess to the other, similarly most of the 1800mm are about 1770mm or so. Is this to be expected?

Brucefil I think you were getting your blinds from blinds online, did you find this to be the case as well?

Yes mine were all different from the PD plans. Out by 5-10mm.

Overall each window dimention only changed 2-3mm in either dimention.




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Yes you shouldn't order blinds based off the measurements on the plans, as they are structural measurements including the window frame. If internal dimensions are 2-3mm out, that won't make a difference. Blinds are always made slightly smaller to allow for manufacturer variations. You will find MOST blinds are already made to order because the majority of windows are a standardised size.

Yes you shouldn't order blinds based off the measurements on the plans, as they are structural measurements including the window frame. If internal dimensions are 2-3mm out, that won't make a difference. Blinds are always made slightly smaller to allow for manufacturer variations. You will find MOST blinds are already made to order because the majority of windows are a standardised size.

We had our PCI yesterday which went ok but not as smoothly as we'd hoped. The PD inspector and the Darbecca inspector had both been through the day before, apparently PD passed it but Darbecca had plenty of issues of varying degrees.

We talked through the Darbecca report, some of the stuff was issues that we'd talked about previously and decided we were ok with, some were things that were always going to get addressed post PCI, and some were new.

We've got some external doors that need to get to BAL standard, scratches on window frames, a garage that has a slope backwards, a shower niche that slopes inwards rather than outwards, some gaps in the al fresco roof, window frames that haven't been sealed properly, tiles in the showers that haven't been sealed off at the top, doors that are sticking, glass windows that need replacing, and a bunch of paint marks and general cleaning or tidying up that needs to be done.

So the good news is that structurally everything is fine, but there are a fair amount of other issues to address. We were hoping to have handover two weeks after PCI but our SS said he'd have to check to see now, I think having to redo the shower niche could be the issue as it'll need to be re waterproofed, re tiled etc.

Hopefully we'll get an update today on a handover date and we can start getting ready to move!