Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thoughts on Construction Quality to Date. 17Feb 22, 2007 9:40 pm Re Glass.
It must be an eastern States thing..... very inetresting. I guess the difficiult for the plasterer in this case is they have to set and rule off all your window reveals bby eye. That is, 1 person has t hold a rule 10mm up from the window edge (or drive dutch pins into your brick work....... big pins...big holes....ouch. Whilst another person rules off the window edge..... Can be done but slower more difficult... How many people are there in your plasterer teams??? Without windows, the plasterer can do the job by himself. They clamp the box rules into place on both sides of the brickwork...something you can't do when the windows are in place..... I'm by no means suggesting its a defect to do so... My concern is if it is..... for example a 3 man team... Someone mixingn cement... and two putting in on the walls... When one stops to help the other......with all the other issues I've experienced... I hold grave concerns for any attention to detail.. Did anyone see your plastering teams working whilst doing windows??? Re: Thoughts on Construction Quality to Date. 18Feb 22, 2007 9:51 pm Yes Terry....
That is a good point, I didn't consider the possibility of brick veneer homes...where the process....dry wall plastering is entirely different to wet wall plastering. Another issue with wet wall plastering is when the plasterer has to the window head with brickwork over the top of the window. The window head reveal has to have the mud pushed on HARD. With glass fixed, there is little room for error of the trowel hitting and cracking/breaking the glass. Another is....with the building boom still somewhat in effect in Perth... I reckon there is be a difficulty in getting a team for the job...as they can still pick and choose... So why would they do a job that is harder to do...for the same money.... In short they wouldn't... they'll simply drive to another job where the glass is not fitting.... That’s my thought anyhow.. Re: Thoughts on Construction Quality to Date. 19Feb 23, 2007 7:27 am Hello Beaner,Yes,you are probably right about the reasons for the methods used over your way.The window company would never come onto site to do the glazing here even if it was solid brick (but 99% would be veneer) We don't have the same shortage of trades as you and everyone has to "work in"to a certain extent and we also know each other personally so try to keep things flowing without too much bickering on site.In an ideal world the company would give the plasterers a bit more money for the slow going but I know this probably wouldn't enter their heads as the gap between management and production is about as big as that joint in the brickwork you posted the picture of.I look forward to seeing more progress pics of your house.Regards Terry Were struck with: Colorbond Ironstone Grey roof and cream windows. What color should we render and paint the garage door to tone down the cream windows? Farm House, will… 0 28022 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16833 Hi, My home construction is complete, and the handover is scheduled next week. However the construction has been delayed and I have raised this to the builder. The… 0 5344 |