Hi all,
We recently had a Braemar THM6X32 ducted gas heater installed and I am wishing to get feedback on your installation and confirmation on how a gas central heating should…

I have also noticed the 'feeling' cold even when the heat is 21-23 degrees. I have 2 old fashioned thermometers that I have used to test the temperature throughout the…

Hi paulw11,
Thanks for the reply.
There are 2 return airs with one for the main house and the one in the dog room which is only open when the dog room…

Hi nina marie,
Our house has the following:
2.0 insulation in the external walls; which is also sound reducing stuff
that house wrap stuff that goes on the frame
2.0 insulation in the internal…

OK, here is a sample for our house.
The central heating turns off at 11.30pm at which time it was 23 degrees inside. The overnight minimum was -3 and the inside…

It is a difficult question to answer without knowing for example what the temperature of the house the night before.
I hope to be able to contribute to this in a…

Hi,
We have had a Braemar THM6X32 ducted gas heater installed and for the most part it does appear to be working well in the main part of the house and…

Hi all,
We are looking at what heating to use in our house and by the looks of it Gas is the way to go here in Canberra with overnight temps…

@abenn,
I believe your statement "There's no difference in efficiency between electric heaters" to be incorrect as it assumes that all electric heaters have the same conversion rate of electricity to…

As the builder did not take out a Home Owners Warranty before doing all the work, as required by law and the HIA contract, the house has been in limbo…

Hi all,
We had our original builder go into liquidation and we had another builder take over and the house is now finished and it is only now that we find…

Hi mark ii,
We have the Bradford sound proofing insulation through all internal and external walls of our new house which we hope to be in sometime in the next 3…

Hi all,
I spoke to a Michelle at ; and before I go on I must say she was extremely helpful and spent about 10+ minutes with me knowing I was…

Thanks for the reply's.
@CuttingEdgeKitchens; for the stove area they said it would need a 300mm + cut as it was too long so maybe the 3.2 is the maximum length?
Would…

Hi all,
Our glass splashback was installed yesterday and we were surprised to see it is made up of 3 pieces around the windows; is this normal? When we were…

In my opinion it would require a new benchtop with the sink hole cut to the correct size.
What is it with most trades now days that have no pride in…

Hi all,
I cannot find anything either on the various colorbond sites or in these forums on what depth and width of colorbond fence post holes should be.
I have been quoted…

Hi all,
A communist plot I tell you, mark my words, its has to be the commie's as onwards and upwards has turned out to be onwards and onwards and...
During…

Hi all,
Onwards and upwards!! If all goes well we hopefully will be in our house within 12 weeks, our original move in date was 30 April.
The paper work transferring…

Hi Mrs P,
I personally would not accept such work as there is no excuse for it. If the walls are out is because the carpenters did not do their job…

Hi all,
Update time, but before I do sorry for the lack of feedback on this as the post was withdrawn by the admins with no explanation and no response to…

Hi All,
I was advised on the 22 March by our builder Hess Pty Ltd; the Batemans Bay franchisee of GJ Gardner Homes had gone into receivership on 21 March. I…

Hi kel,
Nice to hear as the blue treatment colour was starting to disappear and some of the floor plates were looking as if they were no weathering well.

Hi All,
We have had a beautiful run of rain recently which would be really cool if it was going into our water tank and if not for the fact…

Hi all,
I had a chance to speak with the builder onsite and he has explained that the packing is temporary as they wanted to get the frame up and next…

giving this a bump in hope of getting advice on the frame packing...

Also, can anyone recommend a building inspector in Canberra/Bungendore who knows their stuff?

Hi all,
Our house is finally started and coming along nicely but I have some concerns over some aspects of the frame (or slab) and would like some advice before bringing…

Hi Ancient Mariner,
I am in contact with another installer now through the Actron regional rep and I hope to have a quote by Friday.
I will look at one unit but…

And that someone is not me.... If the units were not so good I would have just said forget it and moved on.
The guy for this quote could not understand…