Monty85 posted:First Floor - Carpet or Hybrid Laminate
This is a personal preference question so not sure how much help anyone can really be.
Carpet has its pros and cons as does timber/laminate flooring.
Weigh those up and pick…
Monty85 posted:Will Metricon let you amend the width of a house?
Can't imagine it would be a problem - majority of builders will let you make whatever changes you want.
Just go speak to Metricon about it.
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
The cable at the top with 2 wires should be the phone line.
As for the bottom cables it does look interesting. At a glance, there is nothing there to suggest…
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
Yeah that would make sense to. Just seems weird for a Hills Hub to be supplied but not use the patch panel inside it.
Nothing should surprise me with builders though.…
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
Oh gosh, my bad. Sorry , please ignore the first half of my post above.
olls57 can you take a picture of the inside…
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
In the picture you sent - the silver thing that says HES-108 ETHERNET SWITCH - that is your switch. Thats what the Router needs to talk to and (from the…
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
Yep i noted that in the my first reply - im just trying to keep it simple so that its obvious that the router and the switch need to talk…
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
I tried to do a bit of a diagram of how im guessing its all routed (no pun intended) through the house.
Might be helpful.
Monty85 posted:Data points and wall plates
Do you have 2 ethernet cables going into your router? There should be;
1. From the OptiComm box into the internet port on the router
2. From the one of the LAN…
Monty85 posted:Clueless 1st time home builder
The summary is on page 32 - should have just linked directly to it.
Here you go: viewtopic.php?p=1034752#p1034752
Monty85 posted:Clueless 1st time home builder
Start with this thread which has a useful summary to get you thinking.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5823
That's impossible to answer. Landscaping can cost anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to…
Monty85 posted:Metricon Denver 45
I've been looking at a bunch of Denver designs lately and this is the best i've seen so far. Well done.
Looking at the original I had this idea about adding…
Monty85 posted:New Living Homes
Exciting times!! Scott Page was our SS. He was fantastic. Very accommodating and on top of everything.
Monty85 posted:New Living Homes
Yeah it went pretty well all things considering. Check out my Instagram page where i posted updates along the major milestones.
https://www.instagram.com/ivy5custom/?hl=en
Build took 23 weeks from breaking…
Monty85 posted:Master bedroom layout
Option 3 100%.
Large WIR are a massive luxury item and by the looks of it you will still have enough room for a seating area.
This also gives you a blank…
Monty85 posted:Ceiling height discrepancy - new build
It's really not something you'd notice anyway. So even hypothetically if you complained and got the builder to rip out everything and redo the frames and plastering you'd be delayed…
Monty85 posted:Airtouch 4
Has anyone had this installed and in use yet? Got sick and tired of all the 1st party controls offered by manufacturers so now looking at adding something like this…
Monty85 posted:Getting TV cables behind the wall through bullnose
Is there conduit from the top bullnose plate to the bottom one? As in, is there a pipe that goes from one to other?
Still not 100% sure on what you…
Monty85 posted:Getting TV cables behind the wall through bullnose
I'm almost certain you're not supposed to run a power cord through a wall (through conduit) but happy to be proven wrong.
Monty85 posted:Getting TV cables behind the wall through bullnose
Not really sure what you're question is but it sounds like you need an electrician. While i'm certainly not one to shy away from running cables yourself though the walls,…
Monty85 posted:House frame delivery time
Our frame took less than 2 weeks to arrive (start of the year) and when speaking with my SS the other day he said builds starting now have a minimum…
Monty85 posted:Typical cost for an open shower in ensuite.
We asked for something similar in our en-suite and the builder quoted $2500ish. Nearly fell of my chair and despite me arguing that the price was absurd, they never budged.…
Monty85 posted:Current Build Times
I have more a more detailed breakdown of our timeline but at a high level;
29/07/20 - Plan Fee paid
01/10/20 - Signed Contract Tender
... Xmas break ...
05/02/21 - Construction started with…
Monty85 posted:How useful did you find an independent PCI inspection?
Our SS has organised for us to do a PCI walkthrough tomorrow. Up until this stage, we've engaged with an independent inspection company to do inspections during the various stages…
Monty85 posted:Bricks - Austral Bluegum
Yep we went with Bluegum and love how they turned out.
Check out my Instagram (ivy5custom) for pics. Link is in my signature.
Monty85 posted:Fence height dispute/dilemma
Don't get me started. I tried explaining that to the neighbour that any addition in height to the fence would be negligible as there is a bloody house less than…
Monty85 posted:Fence height dispute/dilemma
Yep that looks to be the likely solution if all else fails. Honestly we probably will still need to put something on our side to give us some privacy anyway.
Is…
Monty85 posted:Fence height dispute/dilemma
Yeah I didn't think it would be an issue when we started. I thought it would be pretty reasonable to want to get a bit of extra privacy to the…
Monty85 posted:Fence height dispute/dilemma
Yeah it's pretty common in the estate. We have 1020 setback on our side and neighbours have 920 on theirs.
Concrete path is the plan eventually and putting formwork down…
