hi Simeon,
Raft slabs can be insulated too.
Although waffle pods are there, they are thermally not that efficient as the cold still manages to gets through the thermal bridges in…

A general recommendation is to not go for waffle pod slabs on H2 sites as there are so many precautions to be taken care of:
https://cornellengineers.com.au/waffle- ...…

Damp won't get into EPS however it can and will go into your framing and gyprock. Wether there is a requirement or not, it does make a perfect sense to…

As there is no sarking, there is a good chance that blow in insulation will be getting wet from time to time due to the rain water blown from the…

Looks like Side 2 is better option w/no easements, so you can build a house with a bigger footprint.
Just design your house the way that your living areas have both…

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You would need to have roof on before putting the services in and the load bearing layer is inner layer.

You can't really put much of services into the cavity as services are generally deployed during rough-in stage, when both layers of bricks are already finshed and roofing is deployed.

2. Double brick will still require chasing for services, however, chasing in brick is easier than chasing in concrete.
3. For double brick set up rigid insulation can be placed…

I can't see any single advantage of monolith concrete house:
1) it is overly expensive and requires 7-9 months of just formwork;
2) it is hard to put the services in;
3) it…

So you are really not worried about moisture stuck inside your hempcrete (which is far from being the most effective insulation, by the way) and blocked by OSB? Major moisture…

I also notice that most the builds in Australia are really simplistic when it gets to the interior design and lighting design. Most of the builds are just offering off…

Is 900 enough between the fridge and an island? I think even 1000 might be considered tight

I believe they have knocked down and rebuilt, correct?

Yes, waterproofing and drainage is a must. I am not very familiar with using acrylics as a base coat, generally it is applied as a top coat.

Sand cement and lime in 1:1:6 proportion (approximately) should work really well, thickness around 10 mm.
I would purchase sand cement and hydrated lime from Bunnings:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/australian-…

Simeon, do you know already who will be able to supply you the windows? I doubt that a lot of manufacturers will be able manufacture some of the oversized or…

Round corners... Great outside, but somewhat not so easy to accommodate inside... Probably worth considering 'buying' high quality interior design too.

Same applies to rounded windows, too.
Just 2 cents.
Congrats on…

Good to have, but it is not really mandatory, from what I know.
You have waterproof retaining wall in front, so should be fine.
I am only worried about this…

Yes, you would need insulation to be in place.

Electricians are not electricians if they are not making $1000+/day

The slab is supposed to be waterproofed from the bottom side with the plastic film.
In the worst case scenario and to be 100% sure that the film was not…

How is the acoustics like? Any noticeable "bouncing"?

Hey Simeon,
Sorry to hear about your troubles with the raining.
Have you considered some temporary roof cover solutions?
There are some like http://bigbensafety.com, which can be attached to…

Shouldn't your frame covered from the outside before you put in insulation into the walls? And yes, you would have to put insulation in between joists too.

Neither 85 mm nor 100 mm is good enough for H2 soil, you would still need piers and rafted slab or go all the way with 250 mm flat raft…

What does high spec mean specifically? Is it including or excluding GST?

I don't think that standard hollow core slabs will be able to span across 8.5 m, you would need to support them either with internal load bearing wall or with…

What is the area of your roof? You could use roughly 100 kg/m2 as a calculation basis for the tiled roof.
If your roof area is 300 sqm, its total weight…

This is most probably the reason