Has anyone rectified slab heave successfully
I wish you all the best and I hope you can get a positive outcome. Such a stressful situation.
Exposed aggregate -question
Exposed aggrigate has a few surface holes once in a while but they should be small and minimum in my opinion. The expansion foam does not take the place…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
You are welcome to drop in and see me and the landscaping if you want.
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
I did my own landscaping from front of our block to back except for the grey block rendered retaining wall across the middle of my front yard. That was done…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Mitch is coming to my house this coming Saturday for a social visit.
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
I never got a price per metre but it will depend on things such as site access, concrete Mpa, thickness of concrete required and site preparation. I suggest to contact…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Yes, Stage 25 only has a few blocks without a house now. There is some decent front landscaping too that helps the stage look a little better too. Even some…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
In stage 25 we had 6 month delay. They are never released when salesmen say they will be.
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Just for information, my concreter is working back in Melbourne after working interstate for last 6 months. Message me if you want his contact details or drive by my house…
Simonds Hudson Bendigo
" I don't know if you're suggesting I am naive in the building process, I am fully aware of what I need to be aware of. I am a very…
Simonds Hudson Bendigo
I have no idea why text underlined, I didn't mean it to be. Sorry.
Simonds Hudson Bendigo
Everybody has issues when they build. It is not a bad thing, it is just what happens. You pick up the issues, you get them addressed and you move on.…
Simonds Hudson Bendigo
Is the plumbing in the right location? That is the question. I had the bathroom shower waste in the front bedroom. It happens. It was fixed but it was avoidable…
Simonds Hudson Bendigo
We have been in our modified Hudson for a year now. There is only two of us but we love the house. I have most of the landscaping finished too…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
I agree 100%. Visit every day if possible. If it doesn't look right it probably isn't.
How to cool down garage
It has a brush type seal top and sides and a bottom of door rubber seal too. Thanks for the input.
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Check all of your brickwork articulation joints. Do you have a private building inspector? It might be an idea.
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Internal corner and brickwork above door looks faulty workmanship to me too. Also, on the left there is the articulation joint above the door, that articulation joint needs to extend…
Flooring - Tiles next to Engineered Timber
I had a similar issue with my build. I had porcelain tiles in wet areas and was installing my own vinyl floor planks so at the doorways there was a…
Silicon or grout in shower corners ?
Silicon is required. Grout will crack and fall out. The tiler has it right.
How to cool down garage
Thanks Peter,
"40mm polystyrene has a value of around R1.0 to R1.2 which will help but will most likely only slow down the heat build up. Definitely insulate…
Internal NBN box and temp in the garage during Summer
Sectional garage doors can be insulated after handover with polystyrene infills. I am going to do mine to reduce summer garage temperatures and my garage faces east.
Garage door colour help
Unless you block faces south I would go a light coloured garage door due to the heat issue in garage if it is in direct sun.
Roofing inulation.
Both is best. Under the tin collects a lot of moisture from condensation in certain contitions. It runs down the tin, hits the battons that tin is secured to…
Heating/Cooling return cavity
This one, no filter. The heating/cooling tech that came out after handover said if a filter mediun was added, the restriction would be too much. If I wanted it filtered,…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
If that is the case of over inflated prices due to trickle release and demand then yes, I can see people having valuation issues with their intended bank of choice.…
LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
"Lot 1552 Towarri Street Wollert ( Aurora) (South Facing) $293,500 Available"
This is 448 sq m regular block but not east facing in stage 15B Aurora due for…