Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bryan & Petersen Build in Regional Victoria 56May 03, 2019 8:14 pm Yeah thanks, good to know this idea does work ok. The plasterer suggested maybe to only run it in main areas, including hallway but I wasn’t sure to be honest. I think we will likely go this way, run in the main entrance, hallway, rumpus and open living. Out of curiosity what feature cornice did you choose. I realise it’s all personal preference. It also think because our ceiling height isn’t that tall (2.55m) maybe we should avoid cornice that looks too ‘bulky’? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our Homeone build blog here Re: Bryan & Petersen Build in Regional Victoria 57May 03, 2019 8:24 pm We have quite tall ceilings (34 course which is about 2950) so you don’t really notice it unless you look closely. Probably could have done without now that we’ve done it. We have 75mm cove in alfresco, bedrooms, back hallway, bathrooms and theatre (recessed ceiling). We changed to GTek Esperance (which is the same as Gyprock Symphony) in our entrance and living area (open plan kitchen, dining and living room). Was a $400 upgrade. Re: Bryan & Petersen Build in Regional Victoria 58May 04, 2019 7:32 pm We put trio cornice throughout the house. And two yrs on I still love it it looks really good on external walls/corners in particular. It all comes down to personal preference. I prefer the same cornice in all rooms. And feel like trip cornice is more modern then splayed cornice. Definitely money well spent. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Bryan & Petersen Build in Regional Victoria 59May 08, 2019 4:28 pm Thanks thme & Craigasaurus, in the end we decided to simply upgrade to 75mm cove instead of 55mm. The plasterers (who have been super helpful BTW) suggested sometimes with 55mm you can see the small rebate that is just a standard 'feature' on the edge of most plasterboard sheets. One thing I find frustrating is in our search for a different cornice style it becomes challenging when your builder uses just one supplier (ie. not CSR!...who make the Aria and Alto that we liked) and has trouble sourcing and pricing the options. Then you begin to feel like you are indecisive when you are missing one of the key bits of information....PRICE! Yeah we are mostly on budgets and there is no way I am going to order a product upgrade without know the actual cost. Here is the cornice we were thinking of using in the main living areas: This is the 'Alto' 75mm cornice we likedLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Anyhow it was just easier to stick with standard Cove cornice, but go with the mid sized 75mm. Decided to go with basic 75mm cove corniceLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://www.homeone.com.au/member/thme --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our Homeone build blog here Re: Bryan & Petersen Build in Regional Victoria 60May 08, 2019 4:51 pm PLASTERING GETTING CLOSE TO COMPLETION The plasterers have been awesome and really taken their time to get us a great looking job (so far!). We were a bit nervous about all our wall insulation getting knocked around but the two main workers onsite have been really careful with it thankfully. It's taken a number of days but all the plaster is now 'hung', taped and stopped (think this is correct term?!). They still have a couple of days to go I think, including putting up the cornice when it arrives and more sanding and coats on the joints/corners etc. When I was talking late yesterday to one of the guys he said it was great when customers can appreciate the difference between a good and 'not-so-good' plastering job. I guess the effort they put in now will show up in the final product once all painted. Main Living Room looking from kitchen areaLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main Living looking back the other wayLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Standing near entry door looking towards living at end of hallwayLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking from hallway into LaundryLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ....oh and our painter (well....his father actually!) came earlier one morning and stained our front door (see image below). It is a Dulux InterGrain stain called 'Silver Fir'. It is still to get another coat and 2 coats of clear I think, but we just wanted a light greyish tone to match our other colours and we like it. Stained door with translucent glass w/sidelightsLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our Homeone build blog here I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4410 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 8 17190 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 10260 |