Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 2Dec 16, 2019 9:51 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 4Dec 16, 2019 10:51 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 6Dec 16, 2019 12:56 pm I agree with you, but while you or I may not see it as aesthetically pleasing, obviously some do, hence the reason a designer has drawn it that way and the builder has put it in a display home. At the end of the day, the plans become the legal contract and if you signed off on what they have built, no matter how ridiculous then you will have to bear the cost of the change. That is always the struggle for people that possibly can't read plans. Little things slip through and don't become apparent until they are actually constructed. By then it's too late and will either be an expensive fix or something you have to live with. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 7Dec 16, 2019 12:59 pm chippy I agree with you, but while you or I may not see it as aesthetically pleasing, obviously some do, hence the reason a designer has drawn it that way and the builder has put it in a display home. At the end of the day, the plans become the legal contract and if you signed off on what they have built, no matter how ridiculous then you will have to bear the cost of the change. That is always the struggle for people that possibly can't read plans. Little things slip through and don't become apparent until they are actually constructed. By then it's too late and will either be an expensive fix or something you have to live with. No, looks there is some confusion. The one in display homes looks really nice because its not that wide and thats what we wanted. But what the builder has done for our home is they made it twice as wide as they did in the display home. Result is its looking like a wall and not a pier. We never asked it to be that wide and that's why fighting with them now. Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 8Dec 16, 2019 1:45 pm You need to check the plans you signed off. Regardless of whether what you told them, if you it's marked on the plans that size and you signed them off, then that's what they'll build. You would then be up for the cost of rectification. Re: Need advise on Alfresco brick pier - Ambassador 33 10Dec 16, 2019 5:05 pm Like chippy said do you have an email, where you asked for it be like in the display home? That may be your only help, otherwise agree you will be up for costs to rectify. The pier seems weird being on angle even in the display, why not do a simple square pier? I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12127 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7223 |