Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with MOMU @ Duncraig 13Nov 11, 2019 3:27 pm One thing to be aware of with your pantry opening into and backing onto the garage is that your pantry could get quite warm with potential impact on shelf life of food items External garage walls and the ones between garage and house are generally only single brick so heat transfer can be an issue. Maybe consider insulation on the garage side of the wall? Re: Building with MOMU @ Duncraig 14Nov 11, 2019 4:06 pm Althom One thing to be aware of with your pantry opening into and backing onto the garage is that your pantry could get quite warm with potential impact on shelf life of food items External garage walls and the ones between garage and house are generally only single brick so heat transfer can be an issue. Maybe consider insulation on the garage side of the wall? That's a good pickup mate. However I can confirm that this particular wall is a double wall. Using SweetHome3D for my designs.... Re: Building with MOMU @ Duncraig 17Nov 12, 2019 11:47 am Bobjane Happy that your house is up to the next stage I have pre-start coming up this week. By any chance do you remember how long it took from finishing pre-start until the slab stage? Hi Bobjain, I signed my PoP on 10th July. The slab is going to be laid this week. That would be about 18 weeks. Using SweetHome3D for my designs.... Re: Building with MOMU @ Duncraig 18Jan 01, 2020 1:38 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Finally some progress... The slab was poured. However then the crew went on their Christmas break. Hopefully they start the brickwork by mid-Jan, as promised. I did see that the slab was out of measurement at couple of places by upto 300mm. Is that a concern, or they manage it in some form in the latter stages? Using SweetHome3D for my designs.... Re: Building with MOMU @ Duncraig 20Jan 01, 2020 4:04 pm amilelka The slab only reaches as far as the internal leaf of brickwork. The external leaf of brickwork sits on the footing below it. Did you take this into consideration when making your measurements? Thanks amilelka, but I referred to the plan for the slab only. Even going by your information, all sides should have been less than the plan dimensions, not just those 2 edges. I'll have to take it up with my builder when they open after Christmas. Using SweetHome3D for my designs.... go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110592 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11039 |