Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 2Apr 29, 2019 9:21 am Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 7Oct 16, 2019 8:41 am Boro indo26slate Can you tell me which builder this was? Eden Brae, but the others were prepared to do it too. What I found is that sales and admin don't know much about "non-standard" things, unless they cam across it in the past. You should generally insist they speak with the estimating team, or tell them that the other builder is prepared to do it, and they will do it. What state did you build in? and what city? I'm building in Brisbane Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 8Oct 16, 2019 8:43 am Boro indo26slate Can you tell me which builder this was? Eden Brae, but the others were prepared to do it too. What I found is that sales and admin don't know much about "non-standard" things, unless they cam across it in the past. You should generally insist they speak with the estimating team, or tell them that the other builder is prepared to do it, and they will do it. In upgrading to 90mm frames, that would have impacted the width and length of the design right? I am referring to the cumulative effect of adding an extra 20 mil to each frame member, which well either make your internal dimensions smaller, or your overall external dimensions wider/longer? what happened there? Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 9Oct 16, 2019 9:54 am We made the internal dimensions smaller. The external ones stayed the same. I have big rooms anyway so it didn't bother me. I also initially upgraded the frame spacing to be 400MM apart (compared to 600MM standard) but due to going over budget with all the appointments, the frame spacing upgrade ended up on the chopping board (about 7K cost). Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 10Oct 16, 2019 9:55 am indo26slate Boro indo26slate Can you tell me which builder this was? Eden Brae, but the others were prepared to do it too. What I found is that sales and admin don't know much about "non-standard" things, unless they cam across it in the past. You should generally insist they speak with the estimating team, or tell them that the other builder is prepared to do it, and they will do it. What state did you build in? and what city? I'm building in Brisbane Sydney Re: Can you ‘upgrade’ frame with project builder? 11Dec 06, 2019 12:11 am The magic 450mm spacing you speak of should also be used on the ceilings as well. As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 22382 Thanks Pulse, thats really helpful and very much appreciated. Also thanks for the pointer on sheathing, thats me watching too many american youtube videos! 6 2104 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 13327 |