Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 94Aug 05, 2019 2:43 pm CarnTheHawks No worries at all. Everything changes with a double storey. Due to access issues with the subfloor. Cables aren't simply dropped down from above. They could be running through many studs, and/or zig-zagging to cross other services (not allowed to run closely in parallel. So you can't just pull/add them afterwards. It's 5min work to add a GPO back-to-back, if that works. Always the dream scenario. But builders should only charge around $50 to add one at contract stage, so not worth messing around. If you discretely offered a sparky $50 cash on the day, he'd probably take it. But then it also needs fitting off later. And it'll be a different sparky, who is going off the plans (or possible markings on the slab, if floor coverings aren't in yet). But if the next nearest GPO is on the opposite side of the room, you have a hassle on your hands. I've seen sparkies do some amazing tricks, zero damage. From special guns that shoot a string across a subfloor, to small dogs. But like every profession.... there are wizards, and there are lazy ********. We ARE talking volume building here. Everyone on site is paid THE MINIMUM. They make profit by smashing-out the work, and having no call-backs. Fantastic - in fact in both places, the GPO will be back-to-back, although one needs to be dropped down about 1 meter. The existing laundry GPO sits at about 1100mm and the GPO I want near the stairs would sit around 30mm from ground, but otherwise right behind the laundry wall and vertically parallel. The WIR is 100% back to back so fingers crossed, I can get that one sorted. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 95Aug 05, 2019 7:59 pm Roniel1517 Hi Ramee - all that work looks pretty impressive so far. Looks like all is going great for you. Just wondering if anyone has any experience trying to add a few powerpoints after framing stage? I think going through a variation will cost me too much - I think its $500 just to initiate variation so not worth it. I missed power points in WIR in the master but now think it would have been useful to have one there, and another near the staircase. Thanks! Roniel1517, If they are in upstairs it is not going to be a big issue I think because then it is basically like a single storey house you can wire above the ceiling. Re: Our first home build Sorrento 39 with Carlisle homes 96Aug 05, 2019 8:30 pm darb74 Looking good. Wow, that bathroom (or ensuite?) looks massive! I'm not sure we could even swing a cat around in ours, lol. Kitchen setup also looks nice and big, with heaps of pot drawers. My wife added some extra drawers into our kitchen...always amazes me how stingy builders are with their standard inclusion in terms of these. Looking at your fridge cavity got me thinking about standard heights. I think ours has been built at 1800mm height, which I personally think in this day & age should be closer to 1850 or 1900mm. Curious what your height is? Thanks! darb74, it is our ensuite, other bathroom is bit smaller! Our fridge cavity is 1900 x 1230 x 700 mm. Most of the refrigerators are 18xx or smaller so won't be an issue. So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27453 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37085 Hello, Whats peoples current experience building with Carlisle, specifically in SouthEast Melbourne? We are currently building in SE Melbourne and finding that quality… 0 9196 |