Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bulkhead in Bathroom! Surprise! Not happy 4May 07, 2017 10:49 am Ideally, they should have cantilevered the roof trusses and created an upstand on the rest of the house. This would of allowed a flat ceiling through the entire home and would have avoided the beam across. It would have been minimal (not much if anything at all extra). Here is an example whereby its an under eave extension I did for a client, but to avoid the bulkhead and beaem I designed it as the upstand and cantilevered truss. even if they didnt decided to do the upstand, they could of catalivered the truss and raked the ceiling this would of been slightly better then a bulkhead as it wouldnt of been that lump that the bkhead creates. If you can post a photo of your plan, and a photo of the head Re: Bulkhead in Bathroom! Surprise! Not happy 5May 07, 2017 2:14 pm I am currently in the drawing up plans stage after buying our land. I asked about going out to the eaves to make the garage wider and was told by our sales to avoid it because you'd need a bulkhead along that entire side of the house. I'm sorry that you weren't given the same advice. I can't see the pictures but can imagine and can understand your disappointment, not sure much can be done at this stage but I don't know a lot about it so I'm hoping it's not too late for you Re: Bulkhead in Bathroom! Surprise! Not happy 7May 07, 2017 3:05 pm I can't see the pics either. Having said that, homeone has been very glitchy of late! Re: Bulkhead in Bathroom! Surprise! Not happy 9May 07, 2017 5:22 pm still nothing! Hope it works for you eventually. Re: Bulkhead in Bathroom! Surprise! Not happy 15May 07, 2017 9:43 pm The bulkhead in the bedroom will be lovely with a bed head underneath, but I would not be happy with it in the bathroom at all. Will they be able to fix it for you? - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 No one can give you a meaningful answer without looking at your building contract, what happened on site and who designed your house You should get experienced building… 1 10211 Render your bathroom walls, two opinions versus the one, makes you wonder. 3 6062 Hi Geoff Install Puddle Flange prior to any screed. Puddle flange needs to be flush with the surface so you may need to grind away the surface to achieve this. Also as… 2 8370 |