Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Vantage 48 13Sep 01, 2021 12:04 am Ahh I think I might be missing something here. My understanding was this. Upgrade the standard ducts, zones, electrical, etc as if I were going with the split system ac from the builder in the first place.Then post handover it's just a matter of Installing the 21 kW unit and piping everything in. That way you get all the internals of the cooling system done by the builder when it's easy and you save the stupid mark up on the unit. Are you saying that this is probably a pipedream?
Re studio trip: As soon as we're out of lockdown we'll make it our top priority. Re: Final figure. I'm budgeting for at least 150k on upgrades at selection. Originally we planned to allocate more but the extra 100k is going to the land. Flooring and cooling to come post handover. That being said we haven't totally thrown out the idea of going smaller and we still have a few weeks to run the numbers and come up with a realistic final figure before we enter into commitment territory. Re: Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 14Sep 01, 2021 8:20 am Yes that is likley a pipe dream. The ducts will be sized to the unit installed. So you can't just upgrade the ducts to larger than the standard unit allows. They likley won't fit and the builder could refuse to do so as it would impact performance if you changed your mind later. The other thing to considder is that the location and platform size for the indoor unit may vary based on size of the unit. They're not all the same and the builder may have various truss layouts to accommodate the systems they work with for that part of the roof. You'll fi d lining up all of this business is a PITA. Additionally if you go after Hannd over the indoor unit will need to be lifted in through the roof. So colourbond will come off, sarking/anticon will be penetrated, and battens cut. Something to keep in mind. If it's done by the builder they do it in stages. They lift the unit in place before the roofing material goes up, then ducts and when electrical rough in and finally the out door unit closer to hand over. The extra you pay to have this done this way is somewhat worth it, but you need to be mindful of over gouging. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 15Sep 01, 2021 8:26 am Also 21kw for a 48sq is a pipedream. You might have 21kw for downstairs, and 15-18 for upstairs. But the calcs will be done by the installer so you'll find out after you are on the line for the build. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 16Sep 01, 2021 12:18 pm Noname Also 21kw for a 48sq is a pipedream. You might have 21kw for downstairs, and 15-18 for upstairs. But the calcs will be done by the installer so you'll find out after you are on the line for the build. Gotcha! You've given me a lot to think about! Re: Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 17Sep 01, 2021 3:15 pm jlirv Noname Also 21kw for a 48sq is a pipedream. You might have 21kw for downstairs, and 15-18 for upstairs. But the calcs will be done by the installer so you'll find out after you are on the line for the build. Gotcha! You've given me a lot to think about! What will also likley happen is you have a conversation with the aircon people and they will try to understand how you live now or plan to in the new home. This conversation is to get an idea of how to zone the system and work out which rooms will be used concurrently. This will be used to calculate the max kw for use at a given time. So if you're wanting to cool the whole house at the same time (ie you plan on having kids that will likley spread their time across the house) you need to account for that. Otherwise they'll give you a system that either cools the bedrooms or the living areas but not both at the same time. My advice is go with a system that give you the flexibility to do either or both. Not one or the other. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 18Sep 02, 2021 2:41 pm My advice with the Vantage 48 is to go to the display home and sit in the upstairs lounge room and listen while other people are walking around the house talking. The voids look absolutely beautiful and are the real feature of that house, but they are sound tunnels. There is a standard option to replace the dining void with a 5th bedroom, though. A couple of years ago IIRC the Stamford facade was in the +25k range. For our Merricks 42 house, with double-glazed windows and all Hebel construction, the 21 kW Actron system works well. At night with the heating off after 10pm in winter, the minimum house temperature was around 15C by 7am. In summer, it takes about 20 mins to cool the house to 23C when there are several rooms at 30C. Our electrical use (in average kWh/day, mostly in lockdown, all working from home all year) went from about 26 in January, to 15 in March, to 40 in July. Re: Looking at Metricon Vantage 48 (H&L) 20Sep 10, 2021 4:16 pm Thanks for your input everyone. Will hopefully have some good news to share re land in the coming weeks. We decided not to proceed with the H&L package as is.
The land was about $50k more while still in our budget didn't seem like good value. We missed out on a release in arguably a better area which was 117k-122k cheaper for the 450's and the 512's were 85k cheaper. Because of the easements despite being larger and wider block at 560m2 it had less effective building area and was shorter than the 450m2 blocks 30m vs 32. In addition there was a bout 15k in additional expenses. Corner lot treatment and BAL compliance. On goal to hit our savings target to unlock the rest of the funds but our funding is all approved. Still have a lot of research to do just about finding the right block now. Your best bet might be to go visit the display homes and walk around in them, and take photos. Get a feel for it in person instead of deciding from the floor plan. There… 1 21410 Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10715 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8157 |