Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Roof frame blunder 13Nov 25, 2012 7:47 am Yes, yours is not built as drawn... I think they forgot to do the eaves. Maybe the house type comes with and without eaves and the truss manufacturer used the wrong plans. If you look at the side elevation roof you can see the eaves project past the wall, but not on your home. And the side (& porch) eaves on your home... how will they fit your tiles on that dog-leg afterthought? Let's hope they supply the casement windows as drawn.. IMO PM building-expert.... Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Roof frame blunder 14Nov 25, 2012 8:52 am Hi again Ed,
The building designer made the builder re-do the front frame so that it was correct (that's how I have the two pictures to compare) but the builder has always maintained that it was the wrong terminology on the designer's part that caused the mistake and that he shouldn't have had to pay for it. The house is now finished and I have had Building Expert out to see it as it happens and I am chasing the builder over some other issues to do with drainage and not supplying items as per contract. He is likely to bring up again in his defense that he should be compensated for having to do the front frame twice and I just wanted somebody else's opinion on whether he is justified in claiming this or not. Re: Roof frame blunder 15Nov 25, 2012 11:34 am Liliana Hi again Ed, The building designer made the builder re-do the front frame so that it was correct (that's how I have the two pictures to compare) but the builder has always maintained that it was the wrong terminology on the designer's part that caused the mistake and that he shouldn't have had to pay for it. The house is now finished and I have had Building Expert out to see it as it happens and I am chasing the builder over some other issues to do with drainage and not supplying items as per contract. He is likely to bring up again in his defense that he should be compensated for having to do the front frame twice and I just wanted somebody else's opinion on whether he is justified in claiming this or not. I'm pretty convinced now that he just mucked it up like he mucked up our foundations and then claimed the designer got the site levels wrong. Well, the builder should have seen that the elevations and the trusses as built are in conflict, he could have raised it then. IMO his problem. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Roof frame blunder 16Apr 10, 2013 5:23 pm The builder is right that it should have specified "pitched" roof or at least state rafters. What he did initially put upp was trusses as stated. Also, you have me confused on the eaves question. in the top photo there was always going to be eaves on the front gable,are you saying there wasnt? This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 10236 Its the flashing and is normal. Some builders cover them up others just leave them handing. You can cover it up with an aluminium bracket or ask the builder. 7 11733 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 9179 |