Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Hi Everyone... Fixing stage complete 42Feb 20, 2008 12:02 pm Start: 15 May 08, Current: Handover inspection 19/09 after that, the house is ours!! Visit our blog: http://loveourgerbera.blogspot.com/ Re: Hi Everyone... Fixing stage complete 54Apr 02, 2008 11:31 am On a different note.... I posted in another thread some time ago that my porch was supposed to be coloured concrete. The driveway will be coloured concrete (bluestone) and the porch was supposed to be the same but when they poured the slab, they forgot/didn't realise that and I got a plain concrete porch.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (old photo for purposes of illustration) I called the new site supervisor this morning to ask him if he was aware of the problem. He said he was but he wasn't happy about the way it was going to be fixed. According to him, in order to fix it they will have to add a new layer of coloured concrete on the top with a thickness of at least 3 inches. He said this would bring it up level with the front door and it would create a flooding risk so he doesn't want to do it and is thinking about a different way to fix it. I told him I definitely don't want it painted (as I don't want to have to repaint it all the time) and he said no way would he even consider that. He has suggested, provided he gets approval from his bosses, that we tile it instead in a nice outdoor/entry tile. He thinks that would be a lot nicer than coloured concrete anyway (which I think he might be right about) but I'm not sure now what sort of tile to ask for. He suggested maybe a terracotta. I would love some suggestions - I think I will have to choose a tile this weekend if this idea gets the green light from head office as the tilers are due to work on my house next week. I'm not sure whether to go with a colour that matches the bricks or not. I've had a quick look for a tile website that actually has a gallery of tiles but I can't find one. Received keys to my new home on 16/5/08 Re: 55Aug 25, 2012 11:33 am Hi Colleen, what brick colour is this love it Colleen I'm building a single storey through Zuccala Homes. Just a small 3 bedroom home as it will just be me and my dog living in it. I purchased an "irregular" block at the end of a court. It's very long but not very deep (hard to explain) but it's twice the size of the other blocks that I was shown in my price range and it doesn't have any easements. To give you an idea of the irregularity, this is my block from what will be my back fence but in terms of where the driveway sits, is actually my side fence: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (that old blue car in the distance is my car parked in the driveway). This is the slab from the opposite end of the block, I was standing in my garage when I took this photo: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And this is some of the bricks (front entry on right, garage on the left): http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff65/colleenmo/000_0365a.jpg Oh, and this is my housemate http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff65/colleenmo/000_0308shrunk.jpg Thanks for much mate. I see that you do cabinets before flooring. For timber flooring, for most parts it's fine because it's got base plates, and for door jabs you can… 7 11940 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9619 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4892 |