Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 23, 2010 5:44 pm Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 2Aug 23, 2010 5:49 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 4Aug 23, 2010 6:28 pm Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 5Aug 23, 2010 10:09 pm Building Monaco32 with Carlisle Homes in Alamanda Estate 20/08/2010 - HANDOVER 24/8!! Blog - http://ourmonaco32.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14415 Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 8Aug 24, 2010 1:52 am Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 10Aug 24, 2010 3:15 am Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 11Aug 25, 2010 1:54 am Hi TLM, We are at completion stage with a few more works to do such as glass splashback, showerscreens, and some more electrical fitouts etc. so hopefully not to long to PCI. Our slab is also H class, I don't understand why it would matter though because the brick is layed on the slab rebate not on the top slab itself. Below is an old photo of when they were doing the bricking, as you can see the weep holes are on the second brick course. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Contact the director/owner if you are having difficulties, I can provide you his email address if you want it. Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 12Aug 25, 2010 2:29 am Hi again Polo, Thanks so much for sharing your photos, it is greatly appreciated. If you would be able to PM me his details, I would be ever so greatful Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 13Aug 25, 2010 8:50 am I think the DCP and weep holes must be below FFL in all cases. Not sure how high is your H class slab (from the rebate to the FFL), but if it's high enough, flashings above 2nd brick course may well still be below FFL. Normally, an M class slab is 16cm high (from rebate to FFL) - which allows for 2 brick courses on the rebate and the DCP in between them (ie. on top of 1st row). If your H class slab is say 16+8 = 24cm high, then they could put the DCP on top of the 2nd row of bricks and still remain below the FFL. Have a look at your slab plan (sectional) - it will tell you all the measurements exactly. Also, do you have old pics of the slab, before or during bricking? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 15Aug 25, 2010 11:26 am Lex I think the DCP and weep holes must be below FFL in all cases. Not sure how high is your H class slab (from the rebate to the FFL), but if it's high enough, flashings above 2nd brick course may well still be below FFL. Normally, an M class slab is 16cm high (from rebate to FFL) - which allows for 2 brick courses on the rebate and the DCP in between them (ie. on top of 1st row). If your H class slab is say 16+8 = 24cm high, then they could put the DCP on top of the 2nd row of bricks and still remain below the FFL. Have a look at your slab plan (sectional) - it will tell you all the measurements exactly. Also, do you have old pics of the slab, before or during bricking? Hi Lex. I cant find the the measurements in our plans, I really can't make sense of them, so will have to ask DP when he gets home, unless a lovely Homeone member can point me to where on the plans I might find them. The inspector said that they are above FFL though, otherwise we would never have known. I certainly do have a photo of the slab before bricking. Not sure if they would be of any use though. Thanks Polo, greatly appreciated. It may come in handy should I need it Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 16Aug 25, 2010 5:02 pm I can't make head or tail of the slab design plans EDIT: The brick rebate tot he residence is 150mm wide X 172mm deep I hope you don't mind Polo, I've borrowed a photo of your slab to compare with mine. Looks the same to me Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 17Aug 25, 2010 6:31 pm OK, so if "The brick rebate tot he residence is 150mm wide X 172mm deep", I'd say that it's at least debatable, but I do trust your inspector and his measuring tools. The rebate needs to be high enough so that the bottom 2 rows of bricks (in your case) still end up lower than the FFL. If your bricks are 76mm high, 2 rows + mortar is about 162-165mm (depends on mortar bed thickness), but there is also the very bottom row of mortar - and this can be much more if they don't take care (normally around 20-30mm, depends). This total height of around 185 mm is higher than the above-underlined 172mm deep - which, in short, brings your DCP flashings and weep holes slightly above the FFL. This "calculation" assumes that they have indeed made the rebate 172 mm high. But, the point is - what can be (and what will be) done about this? I know that everything is possible (almost), but to think that they would fix the DCP height .... My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 18Aug 25, 2010 6:57 pm As it was a board decision, we expect that they will fight us. Our Inspector has said that it wont stop us from moving in though, but to fix it, they will need to remove brickwork, and that's about as far as I really know. It's really heartbreaking and I'm doing as much research as possible, as I have done throughout our build. I've found a photo showing the weep holes in relation to the FFL Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 19Aug 25, 2010 10:02 pm It does look like the wp is slightly above the FFL. There is no easy way to fix it to be as per BCA, other than removing a few bricks at a time from the second course, inserting additional flashing on top of the first course taking care that the old flashing is sitting in the new flashing which is turned up (I don't think they can nail it to the frames or anything), and then bricking back in the removed bricks (with new bricks). Which looks like a boring job, but who cares. Wouldn't be a bad idea to check their intended fixing plan with the SS and the inspector, and to be there while the guy is fixing it. Otherwise, you wouldn't really know if it was done as per agreed plan and you'd need to remove a section of plaster to random check the fixes. BTW, sorry to hear of this problem, TLM. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: PCI Today - Inspector Finds Major Problem, SS Disagrees 20Aug 26, 2010 9:55 am When I read the title, I thought - someone with the same issue as us ! Well almost, except that we haven't got weepholes above our windows, as per the Building Code of Australia. We too had our inspector go through the house, and this has been our sticking point. As for the lower ones I believe they're 2nd course, but for above - nothing.....so if we get rising damp in a couple of years, that'd be why. We're taking it to VCAT, but the SS is steadfastly defiant about not needing them.......it's caused us heartache too I would send it to the certifier who is technically your representative and working on your behalf not the builder's 1 2254 Yes, I have. But, I haven't paid yet. They know they did not do proper jobs and I sent the email re: final payment, I cannot pay. They said, we will do 2nd PCI. Since… 2 5486 We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports with photos at every stage,… 6 7103 |