hi sunshine
monday morning phone will be running HOT, will call inspection guy and site supervisor will update with results.

thank you for replies
zahira--dont think there is a spring, when it was excavated rain water would lay around site but dried up fairly quickly, whereas now the house is nearly…

Checked out progress of building this morning and noticed water seeping through slab onto garage floor. Garage floor is lower than ground floor of house but surely water should not…

I'm building a new house and have discovered the taps to my top loading washing machine are under the trough. Can a top loading machine be connected to these taps?…

samford, unless they have a very good argument, push for them to use existing conduit.In the event of a storm if your cable is damaged you could be out of…

this is our 2nd new build--start price 276 and its blown out to over 400 ( sloping site 1.5mtrs fall) and still landscaping and floorcoverings to go.
john

hi paul
they use that method because its cheaper and quicker, if you get hit by lightning your cable will get blown to bits and they will have to re-trench it,…

unless regs have changed dramatically since I left Telstra 4 years ago sounds like crap-- 60mtrs is nothing--even with broadband cable can run something like 5k before there is any…

thanks peter, advice heeded.
john

thanks heaps for replies --The main reason we are concerned is that the bedroom 1 is located directly above double garage--the house we are building is pretty close to a…

I am building a house on the central coast nsw with a local project builder. At the moment we are renting a 2 storey house which is similar to the…

hi onebuild
I'm in the process of starting a build with a similar aspect (due north) so far I'm thinking light coloured roof tiles, large eaves, sarking.ceiling insulation and double glazed…

if there is conduit its no problem - telecom guy sticks rodder up conduit and joins cable pulls back to old pit easy --hope its there save some dough
john

hi tazr
I've seen it done that way ( using a borer of some kind to go under driveways) dont know what they are called though sorry mate, but definately no…

the budget will be the issue I think by the sound of it- "usually" there would be a conduit joining the two pits but hard to say may be new…

hi pugs
wouldn't the builder have an electrician with a license to do that stuff (it use to be austel license)and they dont just stick cable up out of the ground…

hi tazr
suspect builder should have put cable in to pit anyway-not just sticking up out of ground (check your contract) usually there would be conduit connecting the two pits?? so…