Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Owner builder in Perth hills rammed earth 10Feb 24, 2013 1:48 pm Is it cheaper or more expensive to use recycled materials? I love the idea of rammed earth, my aunty built a house in Glen Forrest with it. Her house is amazing. There are actual tree trunk pillars. It's like a castle. GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: Owner builder in Perth hills rammed earth 11Mar 01, 2013 3:46 pm turtleschell Is it cheaper or more expensive to use recycled materials? I love the idea of rammed earth, my aunty built a house in Glen Forrest with it. Her house is amazing. There are actual tree trunk pillars. It's like a castle. There are some aspects where its cheaper, and some where it can be more expensive or equivelent, as an example, I got a truckload of Jarrah for our deck from a furniture manufacturer down south, it was between 25 and 35mm thick and between 75 and 110mm wide (assorted lengths as well), I got it for $10sqm but then had to thickness every board, at least we got a constant thickness of 27mm which is fatter than the standard 20mm jarrah, but the extra work for me and at times my carpenter who also arrassed the edges was a lot more time consuming and costly than first imagined and is probably equivelent in price to laying the new boards from decking companies (as the carpenter can just pick it up and lay it. But you get the satisfaction of knowing that jarrah trees from the southwest weren't uneccessarily brought down so that I could enjoy them on my deck. some things you do come across are by far cheaper, you just have to keep an eye out for what you need, you rarely get a bargain when you actually really need an item. I was lucky with the front door, it was a very slightly hail damaged western red cedar pivot door, insurance job, got it for $20!!!! these things cost $3000-4000 installed, so big saving there. also used an old bowling alley for our kitchen benchtops. these were $200 each but required 3 days labour to sand, sand and sand some more, then install the jarrah edging and polyeurathane the top so in the end cost probably $1000 (cheaper than stone and makes a nice feature) I picked up 2 garage doors for around $100 each with motors and remotes and installed them myself (learnt on youtube:) this was a considerable saving. if you have time yourself to do some of the work then second hand can be very cost effective, if you rely on a carpenter or trade to do all the work it could sometimes cost more. It depends on what you are recycling and how much work is required to get them to the standard required for your build. some items you can't actually buy new anymore either. I used 90 x 90mm jarrah poles from recycling yards, quokka and gumtree as no one makes and sells them anymore. Jarrah is getting rarer and more expensive! hope this helps Hi VK, Think it's worth investing time in an Owner Builder course to equip you with basic knowledge on Australian Building Industry and its regulations. Also, I suggest… 11 24918 Hi all. Anyone know when the $11,000 limit was set in legislation for renovations in QLD? Ive been renovating for 5 years now and this was the limit back then. As we know,… 0 4808 |