Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Cost of CFC product vs plasterboard installation 2Jul 10, 2021 8:31 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of CFC product vs plasterboard installation 4Jul 11, 2021 10:41 am bc89 Hi Chris, Thank you for your reply. Yes, I agree - I should have requested a price estimate prior to installation. We are in NT and everything up here costs much more. Based on the local prices I calculated that the builder charged us approx. $160 per hour. Do you know roughly how long it would have taken to plaster, flush and sand the same wall? Allow 6hrs for 10m2 plasterboard 1st Cross check 6hrs x $35/hr = $210/10m2 or $21m2 2nd cross check Plasterboard Fixing Cost per m2 Australia Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of CFC product vs plasterboard installation 6Jul 12, 2021 12:11 am StructuralBIMGuy bc89 Hi Chris, Thank you for your reply. Yes, I agree - I should have requested a price estimate prior to installation. We are in NT and everything up here costs much more. Based on the local prices I calculated that the builder charged us approx. $160 per hour. Do you know roughly how long it would have taken to plaster, flush and sand the same wall? Allow 6hrs for 10m2 plasterboard 1st Cross check 6hrs x $35/hr = $210/10m2 or $21m2 2nd cross check Plasterboard Fixing Cost per m2 Australia Cheers Chris Hi Chris, I have spoken to our builder who claims that it would have taken him 2 hours to plaster that wall (6100 long x 2700 high) and based on my calculations he claims it took 10 hours to install hardiegroove. I am more certain now that they are trying to recover their profit as there is another variation item that does not add up to me. Given that there was no fee estimate given, would I be in a position to dispute those fees? Or does that mean it's an open chequebook for them? We signed a MBA contract and it does not really tell me much. Thanks, BC Re: Cost of CFC product vs plasterboard installation 7Jul 12, 2021 10:31 am Underestimating the credits and over estimating the add on variations is called price gouging Anywhere else consumer protection would be all over them Consumer Affairs Price rip offs Unfortunately, The MBA & HIA Contract favours the Builder and its Buyer Beware . Unless battlers and punters call out this antisocial behaviour things won't change Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Cost of CFC product vs plasterboard installation 8Jul 12, 2021 12:44 pm StructuralBIMGuy Underestimating the credits and over estimating the add on variations is called price gouging Anywhere else consumer protection would be all over them Consumer Affairs Price rip offs Unfortunately, The MBA & HIA Contract favours the Builder and its Buyer Beware . Unless battlers and punters call out this antisocial behaviour things won't change Cheers Chris Chris, thanks for your advice. Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 6276 I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 23080 What we have done in a few theatres ( including my own) is run 2 layers of 13mm gyprock, but sounds insulation especially for the bass is really tricky as a lot of that… 4 1677 |