This builder is building on a subdivided block near me in an established suburb.
Site cut Sep 2017, frames Nov 2017 and only now getting close to PC. Looks like it's…

Howdee neighbour.
Been driving past once a week and checking out the progress. They sure are moving quick on this build, to think ours started after Easter and it looks like…

Wow, that sure is a quick build time. Lights were on blink dawson & samford the other morning so went on a detour past and saw the trusses being lifted…

I'm currently waiting for the rain to stop so the roof trusses can go on.
I did happen to drive past your site the other day and saw a big disaster,…

I took a bypass at the lights on Dawson Pde and stumbled across a building site.
If I've got the right site, There's only three houses separating the two building sites.…

If you were living in Warner, We're building the Georgina.
We changed the standard design and went back an extra 1500 or so to put in a full size bathroom upstairs…

It sure goes up quick once the site has been cut.
I'm a couple of weeks ahead of you building just over the hill in Keperra. Site got cut just before…

My point "there are limits to what a draftie can do" is referring the structural design of the house such as the slab design, footings and pierings, roof tie downs,…

Revit is the 3D equivilent of Autocad. Both are now owned by Autodesk.
It's complicated, but will slice your bread for you if you know how.

Won't get much of a house for $45,000.
I just went through the drawing phase from scratch and paid $2,500 for 3D rendered drawings (Revit) and then $4,500 for the structural…

My neighbours stormwater travels through my backyard. We have four houses interconnected all going to a common drain on the street. Was all legal back in the day.
Well back in…

Happens all the time in commercial buildings - metal furring channel thats used to fix the gyprock ceiling too gets installed smack bang in the centre of a hallway right…

Finalising structural drawings atm.
Traditional house 2 storey weatherboard similar to what was on the site - theres something wrong with putting a single story brick house in a street with…

Is a flat wood bit in your link.
Type "spade bit" into google images and all you'll get are pictures of flat wood bits.

Some 12 months after posting in this thread I'm now heading down this path.
$300k new vs $450k reno for a similar house.
The cost of raising the house, steelwork etc it…

The shadecloth may be due to the proximity to the trainline - to prevent tools and objects falling onto the lines and tracks.

The forms are on the BCC website for siting variations.
Speaking to a Certifier is the best thing to do in these cases - and IIRC worked out to…

I sure hope the same doesn't apply to tiles.
Still getting quotes, $25k seems about right for the raising part.
Looking around $30-50k for our two-part slab, 1m retaining wall, waterproofing and…

Who says its recommended. Reckon 99% of fixed cabling is solid core as far as data cabling goes. Stranded is normally only used for patch leads.
As far as electrical goes,…

House Raise $4000
Steel Stumps $375ea x 26 = $7150
Steelwork 180PFC $100 x 64 = $6400
Steelwork 250PFC $150 x 7 = $1050
Bracing $150 x 5 = $750
On top of this, I've…

That don't sound right, I'll shoot them off an email tomorrow.
but were definitely worth it for advice, workmanship (and they don't sub the work out, all their own guys).…

I'm hoping to get a concretor that does alot of work for the house raising co. so they know the typical procedures. Still getting quotes atm - only had one…

Oh, I've got all those details over 20 a3 pages from draftsman and engineer- my question was can you rely on a concretor to accurately mark out a slab and…

One thing that has been puzzling me is who is responsible for the setting out of the slab, footing and piers etc? I'm getting a slab under the existing house…

I'm doing a favour for mum and putting one in her place.
One thing that I've found is that you can have the take quite some distance away if you use…

Good update - I just checked into this forum to get who you used for house raising and found it back to the top. I've just got my structural plans…

Mild reactivity.
IIRC doesn't require engineered slab, like P for Problem.

I suppose another thing you need to look at is that the $7000 worth of turf may look great, if you're paying for it as part of the loan then…

I did contours good enough to quote off with my draftman and was quite a simple task and for someone to undertake. A sketch good enough to quote off might…

I'm in QLD and a class P requires design and certified by an Engineer.
My engineer requires two inspections at this stage:
1) Foundation and excavation stage – before the footings are…