Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 71Aug 22, 2019 11:28 am gillybean Great progress, looks great too! We have Cemintel Territory cladding on our build also (vertical installation in dark colour) on the outer and inner walls of our balcony and even with 2 professionals doing it it’s taking ages, so worth it though to get it right. Good luck with rest of build, setting looks beautiful:) Thanks for the comments gillybean. Are your pros experienced with Cemintel? I was hoping we would speed up a bit more once we got a bit more experienced/skilled with it, but speed is not improving as much as hoped. Still, it is looking very good. gillybean - do you have a blog for your build I can have a look at. Or would you be willing to post a pic or two of your Cemintel install. I would be keen to have a look. I have not been able to find a full house clad in it in this area either, only some insets etc to have a look at. Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 72Aug 22, 2019 1:15 pm Yeah our guys have done quite a few installs, it’s just the way it is if you want it to look perfect I’d guess.
We actually had our builders advisory team come up from the surf coast Vic. as they were looking at a different method to install it. Anyway about 7-8 blokes discussed it, made us feel important haha, and at this stage we couldn’t be happier (not that we know too much about it as not a lot of places here use it. I haven’t a blog or anything, I’ll get a photo of the cladding for you shortly but 👍🏻 Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 75Aug 22, 2019 1:47 pm Thanks gillybean, look forward to it and your blog too. Cemintel hasn't been used much for houses here, but I found the Cemintel people to be helpful and interested in my project (perhaps thinking I was somewhat "brave" for taking it on myself!). Also locals have found it quite interesting too. Cheers and hope all is going well with your build. Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 76Aug 22, 2019 1:53 pm Have seen the photos. Looks fantastic - very stylish indeed. Was your build designed for Cemintel, or was it "made to fit" after the event? Mine was the latter which made for more challnges in how to fit it to the frame and set it into the windows etc, none of which were designed to fit to it. Lots and lots of head scratching, drawings, calls to Cemintel and a couple of informed sources and then getting some adjustments made on the fly. If I was to do it again ............ Nope, stop that!! This is definitely my last house!! Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 77Aug 22, 2019 6:30 pm powerd Have seen the photos. Looks fantastic - very stylish indeed. Was your build designed for Cemintel, or was it "made to fit" after the event? Mine was the latter which made for more challnges in how to fit it to the frame and set it into the windows etc, none of which were designed to fit to it. Lots and lots of head scratching, drawings, calls to Cemintel and a couple of informed sources and then getting some adjustments made on the fly. If I was to do it again ............ Nope, stop that!! This is definitely my last house!! Thanks yes we love it. Our design wasn’t specifically done around Cemintel, I don’t think any design would be. I’d think it wouldn’t matter what product you’d use, they just make it fit???? We chose it as we wanted a good contrast between the render colour of the Hebel and also to add some texture rather than more Hebel painted different. We’ve achieved that we think. Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 78Aug 24, 2019 10:10 am gillybean powerd Have seen the photos. Looks fantastic - very stylish indeed. Was your build designed for Cemintel, or was it "made to fit" after the event? Mine was the latter which made for more challnges in how to fit it to the frame and set it into the windows etc, none of which were designed to fit to it. Lots and lots of head scratching, drawings, calls to Cemintel and a couple of informed sources and then getting some adjustments made on the fly. If I was to do it again ............ Nope, stop that!! This is definitely my last house!! Thanks yes we love it. Our design wasn’t specifically done around Cemintel, I don’t think any design would be. I’d think it wouldn’t matter what product you’d use, they just make it fit???? We chose it as we wanted a good contrast between the render colour of the Hebel and also to add some texture rather than more Hebel painted different. We’ve achieved that we think. It looks very good because you have achieved both that textural and colour difference. There are several design elements that you can make ready to fit the Cemintel at the design stage such as windows and doors and to minimise cutting etc. However, some of those may not work with the look you want to achieve eg position of doors and windows. Frames could be designed with studs or blocks in the right place, rather than having to spend more time later planning for and fitting them. So mostly, you make it fit after the event. Mind you, using it on an inset area like yours is much simpler than doing a whole house with various angles and corners. It is also a matter of money. I am working to a budget so have used standard windows and sliging doors, which don't actually fit the Cemintel process. Plus the skillion roof which makes the corners trickier - it would have been easier to fit the metal corner trims, but they don't look anywhere as good. These are the things that take time to sort. But what is life without a challenge. Even a builder experienced with Cemintel would not find my build straighforward or do it to my standard. It would take too much time to be viable cost wise. Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 79Sep 30, 2019 3:18 pm Oh dear, where does the time go? Meanwhile, the building continues, albeit at a slower pace than I would like. The Cemintel cladding has been finished except for the sealing of vertical joints. That can wait for a spare in between moment. It looks just wonderful. This is the clerestory window area of the Grann Flat, above the al fresco/carport roof. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the overall view from the NW. BTW, the investment in the scaffold has been well worth it. The platform height is at 3.8m when fully erected and with handrails, just below the level where a scaffold ticket is required. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And from the opposite side. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Very happy with how it looks and the quality of the product, but it has been very time consuming to put on. Oh well, I always said this build was not set to a schedule, but........ Re: Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie 80Oct 01, 2019 3:18 pm So with the outside complete, it is time for a biti of a site cleanup. Then to start on the gyprocking. So as the last job on the outside was completing, the gyprock was ordered and duly arrived, to be plonked undercover in the carport. Next, a big cleanup inside which had become a bit of a dumping ground for, well, stuff. Unfortunately, as we checked the inside walls, some of them were out of plumb and true. This was a result of the delays at the start where the frames sat around for a while. Some of them are quite tall which magnified the issues. And I was not so experienced on erecting them so they didn't get trued as well as they could for the Granny Flat - the house was better though. I always said that the GF was my crash test dummy. Here's Steve working on some truing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So we spent some time correcting that using the laser, plumb and string lines etc. With some planing and application of many many spacers, we again had a level surface to gyprock onto. Also, some of the windows were put in by th eroof build team and were not particularly straight and true. It took quite a while to get there though as I am very fussy. Once that was done, the insulation could go in. I am using initially Bradford Soundguard R2.5 in all walls, external and internal. I got it at a very good price so it is worth using the sound insulating version throughout. Towards the later part of the job when I ran out of that, I got a batch of Knauff Earthwool Soundguard so the GF was completed with that. Not itchy at all, but it is a bit harder to cut. And I had to do lots of cutting as almost none of the studs are stand widths apart. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The kitchen is taking shape now and it is starting to fell like a house. It seems we have turned into the home straight. Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. 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