yup.. I agree with tstr1a... try to make the effort if you can to visit your site often (but not disrupt the trades people), check and double check everything....
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 889Mar 14, 2013 7:40 pm Porter Davis Homes Questions? Call 1800PORTER Mon - Fri 9am-8pm Sat - Sun 10am-4pm info@porterdavis.com.au http://blog.porterdavis.com.au/ http://www.porterdavishomes.com.au Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 897Mar 18, 2013 6:34 pm Finally have internet connection again . Well we have now moved in. A few hiccups along the way, but on the whole quite happy. Still a couple of minor things to be fixed. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 898Mar 18, 2013 6:39 pm If you are at the tender stage I recommend you look into some sort of sound barrier between ground floor and 1 st floor. I have notice that noise really travels way too well between the floors. For example when one of my sons jumps off his bed (I am talking about a light jump not one of those mega jumps kids can do at times) it sounds like a herd of elephants. Also when in the theatre room is someone when having a spa the noise below is quite bad. Headache provoking bad. Just one of those things you don't know until you try. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 899Mar 18, 2013 6:53 pm When you first use your spa make sure the jets are facing down. Now my long winded story of why. The first time we tried the spa it did not work. We were playing with the button and dials but nothing would work. So just a bath instead. Anyway the next night my husband checked on the outside and realised that the external power point was not turned on. As we were not sure if the spa was turned on or not we needed to fill it up (you can wreck the pump if no water in spa). But because the power point is up high I needed to hold the ladder while my husband climb the ladder. By the time we got back upstair our ensuite was totally flooded including the toilet. Because all the jets were pointed up the water was streaming out beyond the spa. But wait it gets worse. We mop up all the water with every available towel. My husband goes downstairs and discovers that one of our downlights in the theatre room was leaking a lot of water. Thankfully our SS answered his phone out of hours and told use what we needed to do to try and prevent water damage to our ceiling, which work. We had a bucket under the flow which continued on for quite a few hours. Needless to say the useless plumber (not the only thing he had stuffed up in our house) had not tested the spa. Grrr to that plumber. Re: Building a Waldorf by Porter Davis 900Mar 18, 2013 6:57 pm Sorry to hear about all your hassles jnkbids Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 14039 Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11864 |