Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 03, 2009 10:47 am Hi, Huge fan of the site, my first post tho We are building the Tusanne with Metricon and have pretty much no clue about building ! .. I noticed that after the brick work was completed they had left gaps above all the windows and sliding doors and when i asked them why, they said they were for infills ? What exactly are infills ? A picture is below http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdfarooq31 ... 055115751/ Building the Tusanne. Site start 10 Jul 2009 Final Walk through / PCI - 4 Dec 2009. Not yet prepared to move! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26203 Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 2Sep 03, 2009 11:07 am Infill panels are FC sheets. During your colour appointment you should have been asked what colour you wanted them? They are very common, both above the garage doors and above windows.. someone else may be able to post a picture, however odds on that one of the houses near you will have them so you can see what they look like. Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 3Sep 03, 2009 11:10 am Thanks for that. I cant recall them asking us about the colors for the infills ? But you are correct, on the plan it does say FC infills. what does FC stand for ? And when finished are they seen as sheets or are they bricked over? Checked the few completed houses around us and they all seem to have brick over the windows? Well, as long as its normal I guess thats fine. Don't know if we'll like the look tho of having sheets above the windows Building the Tusanne. Site start 10 Jul 2009 Final Walk through / PCI - 4 Dec 2009. Not yet prepared to move! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26203 Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 4Sep 03, 2009 11:15 am Hi there, infills are the bits between the top of your windows an the bottom of the roof. If I had to guess you may have fibre cement sheeting instead of brick. Have a look in you contract an see if it says brick or FC infills, I could be wrong an they may have to get some kind of support while they brick above what will be your windows. In all my excitement I didn't even know I had fc infills until it was too late to change to brick. Not sure if I like the look or not. Going to have to I guess... Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 6Sep 03, 2009 11:24 am Here is a picture of windows with infills. Courtesy of Eager's house, hope he doesnt mind http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj187/nurselovescoffee/August72012.jpg They usually paint them to match the gutters and/or fascia boards as you can see in this photo. Many houses with higher ceilings - ie 8.5 or 9 ft, have infills as standard height windows dont reach the eaves - the alternative is to brick above the windows, we have done this with 9ft ceilings, it was standard with our builder but many builders charge more to do this. Bricks of course being dearer than particle board. Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 7Sep 03, 2009 11:26 am Daym. Im in the same boat as you James. Too late to change to brick. It doesnt look too bad I guess, from the pic. Would have preferred brick though. Need to check what color they are going to be in ! Building the Tusanne. Site start 10 Jul 2009 Final Walk through / PCI - 4 Dec 2009. Not yet prepared to move! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26203 Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 8Sep 03, 2009 11:41 am I've seen a lot of older houses with timber infills (looking a lot like weatherboard). And a lot of (older) houses just put windows all the way up to the roof so there's no need for infill. Seems like FC infills are standard for single storey these days. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 9Sep 03, 2009 11:46 am This is where the builder can cut cost and an opportunity to get you upgrade $$$ Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 10Sep 03, 2009 12:21 pm Brick infills are difficult to do. It requires quite a bit of support work or the weight will rest on your window frame. It was an extra on my house. $1325 on a 22 square home. Gravity. Its the law. At lock-up stage(lock-up stage) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25438 Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 11Sep 03, 2009 12:55 pm Oh no! Everytime I see a home with FC Sheet infills it makes me sad, what's wrong with some builders!!! It is just a cost saving for them and grates my nerves no end that they do this to people. "SOME" sheeted infills look ok, but others I have seen are horendous, I suggest if you can afford the upgrade then it is SOOOOO worth it! Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 12Sep 03, 2009 3:06 pm I guess I am lucky then. Brick infills were standard on my house Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 13Sep 08, 2009 12:38 pm Unfortunately its too late for us to upgrade. The sheets are already in. Hopefully they dont look too bad as they will be painted the color of the gutter / fascia which is also the color of our roof and cladding. Fingers crossed Building the Tusanne. Site start 10 Jul 2009 Final Walk through / PCI - 4 Dec 2009. Not yet prepared to move! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26203 Re: Infills above windows and sliding doors? 14Sep 08, 2009 2:25 pm It takes a fair bit of research for a noob going in cold to understand the differnt internal external looks of infills/brickover/lifted windows/ raised ceiling s and how they all relate together... The best look im thinking is this.... 2700 high ceilings w/ 2400 eave heights.... Normal window heights with 300 brick over windows.... This gives the external a uniform look and boldness/solidness....and inside it gives 600mm above the windows to int ceiling to give that ''pop top'' raised ceiling look...maximising depth.... Infills will give the inside that pop top feel...but will detract from the boldness of ext brick imo.... a comprimise to have the internal feel, keeping costs down for ext look as secondary... Another option is to have lifted windows.... ie windows to eaves....so 2700 ceilings...2400 eaves...windows to eaves no brick over..... This is the option we took with our builder (not front facade though, def brick over for the rendered look)... i believe this option gives ( or should lol...havent built yet) the house a feeling of largeness...or bigness due to higher eaves and taller/bigger windows....but wont look as bold or solid as brick over though on the externals.... Lifted windows on the Inside is the trade off, maybe depending on design..... it gives a feeling of largeness, but will loose the feeling of the ''pop top'' raised ceiling... Lifted windows with infills over slding doors was standard in our raised ceiling costs.. we put brickover front windows and roller door....and rear sliding door... infill over side laundry door on dead side.... Dont forget you have to match up window heights to all your internal bulkhead heights....and/or with door heights too to fully streamline your look... Lots to think about.... 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