Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 23Aug 05, 2020 8:58 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 27Aug 06, 2020 11:06 am https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 33Aug 22, 2020 11:03 am Quick Tip for others building with TA. Make sure once the roof is built, the builder also installs temporary downpipes. It is listed on the first page of the plan. I realised this now too late and will be bombarded with lots of rain this week causing water to pool along the slab causing slab heave or other foundation issues down the track. I have written to my SS advising him to install the temporary downpipes. Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 34Sep 09, 2020 1:33 pm Today had our Pre-plaster Inspection done. One major issue he noted and also was highlighted by TA's own internal review. To explain in detail, for our house the focal point is our floor to ceiling windows in living room (elevation C), dining and the corner stacker door (elevation D) which would over look our pool. All of these should be flush to ceiling and to floor. It seems these windows and stacker doors don't align. This is a major issue and looks like it will be interesting few days. I am waiting for the report from inspector and will follow up with TA later. Initial discussion that I had with our SS, he is saying floor is uneven and can't help, etc etc...whereas they should have custom built the windows/stacker to account for this. They have charged us big bucks for these windows/stackers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 35Sep 09, 2020 3:55 pm wow not good at all! i just showed this post to my husband now he's nervous for us (we've got 2.7m high windows/stacker doors also!)! hopefully they can find a solution to this - what will it do aesthetically if they can't fix this? how did the slab pass inspection if its not even? is it the bottom or top section that's not aligning? did they send you any pictures? would be interested to see what it looks like currently. Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 36Sep 09, 2020 5:15 pm BigDaddy Today had our Pre-plaster Inspection done. One major issue he noted and also was highlighted by TA's own internal review. To explain in detail, for our house the focal point is our floor to ceiling windows in living room (elevation C), dining and the corner stacker door (elevation D) which would over look our pool. All of these should be flush to ceiling and to floor. It seems these windows and stacker doors don't align. This is a major issue and looks like it will be interesting few days. I am waiting for the report from inspector and will follow up with TA later. Initial discussion that I had with our SS, he is saying floor is uneven and can't help, etc etc...whereas they should have custom built the windows/stacker to account for this. They have charged us big bucks for these windows/stackers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Isn't everything laser levelled? You've got squareset yeah? Assuming the discrepancy is at the top, how far out is it? https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 37Sep 09, 2020 5:26 pm lilaandco wow not good at all! i just showed this post to my husband now he's nervous for us (we've got 2.7m high windows/stacker doors also!)! hopefully they can find a solution to this - what will it do aesthetically if they can't fix this? how did the slab pass inspection if its not even? is it the bottom or top section that's not aligning? did they send you any pictures? would be interested to see what it looks like currently. I am waiting for the photos from inspector. I am thinking when we look around standing in the kitchen we will find the stacker not reaching the ceiling and the windows would (assuming the windows themselves have no issues). Aesthetically this is a no go for us. We don’t have any other stand out feature apart from this and overlooking the pool. If the floor was not even then they should have measured the distance and given the order. I believe they have gone with standard size and didn’t account for slab variance. The thing is it is right there in all of the contract drawings everywhere. I am hoping they admit their mistake and correct it instead of giving me half assed explanation. Just unnecessary stress. Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 38Sep 09, 2020 5:27 pm Blacktea2sugars BigDaddy Today had our Pre-plaster Inspection done. One major issue he noted and also was highlighted by TA's own internal review. To explain in detail, for our house the focal point is our floor to ceiling windows in living room (elevation C), dining and the corner stacker door (elevation D) which would over look our pool. All of these should be flush to ceiling and to floor. It seems these windows and stacker doors don't align. This is a major issue and looks like it will be interesting few days. I am waiting for the report from inspector and will follow up with TA later. Initial discussion that I had with our SS, he is saying floor is uneven and can't help, etc etc...whereas they should have custom built the windows/stacker to account for this. They have charged us big bucks for these windows/stackers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Isn't everything laser levelled? You've got squareset yeah? Assuming the discrepancy is at the top, how far out is it? Yes, bottom floor is laser levelled and square set. Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 39Sep 09, 2020 7:58 pm that's no good, i can imagine there would have been quite a bit of cost involved in achieving the effect you are after, e.g. reducing the ceiling height / having the void between first and ground floor slightly larger at 600 as well as the increased costs around windows / doors. I changed my windows / doors to 2400 WHH and even that was costly, so can only imagine 2700 WHH would be more. I did post about this the other day in terms of any feedback on the contract spec document, however I would think TA would revert back to the contract specification document where they could around the measurement allowances +/- 10mm etc in terms of what could be done to rectify. the only ideas I could come up with if there is a gap between frames and ceiling is potentially pack out the bottom of the frame a little, given I assume there will be some sort of floor covering over the slab (e.g. timber boards) that would help hide the frame being lifted a little. alternatively, may be they could thicken out the plaster in the ceiling so that it lines up with the window / door frames? I guess it depends on the size of the gap. good luck Re: Thomas Archer Hive 46 (customised) Build 2020-21 40Sep 09, 2020 8:29 pm sifntdaz that's no good, i can imagine there would have been quite a bit of cost involved in achieving the effect you are after, e.g. reducing the ceiling height / having the void between first and ground floor slightly larger at 600 as well as the increased costs around windows / doors. I changed my windows / doors to 2400 WHH and even that was costly, so can only imagine 2700 WHH would be more. I did post about this the other day in terms of any feedback on the contract spec document, however I would think TA would revert back to the contract specification document where they could around the measurement allowances +/- 10mm etc in terms of what could be done to rectify. the only ideas I could come up with if there is a gap between frames and ceiling is potentially pack out the bottom of the frame a little, given I assume there will be some sort of floor covering over the slab (e.g. timber boards) that would help hide the frame being lifted a little. alternatively, may be they could thicken out the plaster in the ceiling so that it lines up with the window / door frames? I guess it depends on the size of the gap. good luck It’s difficult to gauge the problem without having a look. But Looking at TA’s own internal review which highlighted all the windows and stacker to be not flush, I am not sure if it’s only stacker. Also, stacker’s supposed to be rebated, so no, they can’t lift the stacker. If they hide from the top then it doesn’t look nice. I have paid money to have floor to ceiling and hoping TA admit their mistake and fix it. Waiting for tomorrow to get the inspection report. We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 27188 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17518 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 10404 |