I really appreciate that, thanks! You've been extremely helpful

We have timber floors and our cabinets were placed directly onto the concrete. We didn't experience any height issues as the freestanding oven was placed on the concrete too…

We had our solid timber floors layed before handover (sand and polish after) and saved us a lot of time. We were just told to make sure we didn't…

Hi Ed
I've returned for another question for you!!
Indeed I followed advice and called 3M directly and they helped in finding a 3M sales…

THANK YOU

We believe the wrong underlay has been installed in our new home. If we were to ask our builder to lift the carpet and place the correct underlay, could…

We've just had 13mm spotted gum timber glued to our slab - didn't notice a hollow or tinny sound, it just looks awesome. I also asked around re the…

I would question if $350 is per hour or if there is a time limit. As mentioned in another thread, I can definitely vote for Peter.

chmaiden - did you have much luck with your builder ... have you found a home? Hoping all has worked out for you

Final Inspect, Peter Limberg ... he has been a huge help to us. Really nice guy. Google his name and you should find details ... let me know if…

Thanks for responses.
How does the colour of ironbark and tallowwood compare with merbau?
Cheers!

Thanks for all responses.
Smeagol -
Unfortunately rebuild wasn't an option as the additional space is not there - the measurement on the plan was incorrect and only picked up once the…

Merbau timber seems to be a popular timber for alfresco decking, but we understand there has been a recent price increase for this timber (quoted: $8,000 for 42sq installed -…

Due to incorrect measurements on our house plan (error made by builder’s draftsman), our garage is c.40cm shorter than we expected it to be, ie. our contract plans detail width…

Thanks again ... will do!!
........ Have just had another google search to locate a Melbourne 3M company, but my search is only finding one (Solar…

Hi Ed,
I contacted one company re 3M tint but they didn't recommend tinting double glazed windows due to the possibility the window could crack immediately or in 10 years or…

Braveheart - pleased to hear that walk-through went well. Phew! I'm sure you must both be very excited now knowing that handover is so close.
We met with SS…

Braveheart - hope you can update us with good news today
Just want to say that we followed up with SM re. not turning up the…

Great news! I really hope it goes well. What needs to be done before Friday?
We had expected our walk-through at end of month, but it all…

Thanks for your response ... much appreciated!!!

Hi Ed,
We have double glazed Dowell aluminum windows in our new home and are considering tinting the windows on the west side, with the hope that this will also assist…

I think we paid about $595 incl GST. The inspection took c.2hrs and we probably took up another 1hr of his time with questions/discussion etc - along with follow…

I can definitely recommend a company called Final Inspect for building inspection. So far we have used them (Peter) for the Timber Stage and we felt he was very…

Dukekamaya - thanks for your comment .... but just to be clear, are you indicating that fixing to ply can be just as problematic as gluing to concrete if the…

OK - I have spent a bit of time reading a few of these threads re installation of timber floors and I think I have just about got my head…