Hi Don,
I don't think there's much rock around SWC...our soil report produced a "P" problem site, but only because there waas so much fill, about 750-850mm. We've done the Conventional…

thanks for that guys...I've got Trusses Plus a little cheaper than the ABC at the moment, but spoke to ABC guys a couple of tuimes already and they seam to…

Hi,
Just wondering if any owner builders here have had experience with ABC Trusses from Coolaroo and/or Trusses Plus - Deer Park.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much

Hi Rui,
sent you a PM re:Concept El.

Selvasha,
Not to dissapoint you, but that's ridiculous. I have 700mm of fill too, but you'd have to dig your footings about 600 deep anyway, unless you're doing the waffle, which…

HEy guys, sent you a PM re: concreter (I need one too):)

Selvasha,
Won't the builder show you the tests if you tell them you're interested to have a look? They would have had to use one of those Co's as well.
I went…

haha, true..thanks again

Thanks Rui,
I'll give him a call. I've managed to develop sort of an electrical plan from my architectural floor plan, so I hope that'll help as well.
Thanks again..
Any other good…

Hi,
Just wondering if any owner builders can suggest some owner-builder-friendly electricians and plumbers especially in the west (building in point cook). I just email-ed a couple of electrical businesses, and…

I agree on non compliance on some of the completed houses in SWC. JUst saw a letterbox at a house the other day that is as non-robust looking as can…

Thanks Akiva...Was it maybe because of height that you had to go further back..did they give you a reason why? I mean that's what they specified 4.5-5.

yeah they say between 4.5 and 5m...what was it set back at originally before they wanted it changed. My porch is at 4.5 mtrs as it is on the plans…

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone, I assume there would be a few, has sent their plans and color schedule to the approval comitee and how they went.. Our plans are ready…

why don't you just kindly put it back over the fence, if you're sure it belongs to them...they shouldn't have the right to complain about that

Hi,
In-ceiling speakers would greatly benefit from being "boxed-in" so to speak/making cabinets for them just as normal speaker boxes are, which would obviously be not visible above your ceilings. These…

They said to us two weeks ago that they are receiving the compliance from the council mid last week at the latest. We haven't received anything from our conveyancers yet,…

As far as I know, there's a height limit for the elements that can encroach into the setbacks. Not sure what it is exactly (my drafty mentioned it, but I…

Yeah Dirk,
I'm in Melbourne. If you could post or PM me the details that would be awesome.
Thanks very much.

Thanks heaps Kylie,
If you're in Melbourne, I wouldn't mind knowing who you got the trusses through, because it does seem pretty affordable indeed.If you could PM me the details I'd…

Thanks very much for all the replies guys. I actually engaged a drafty to do our working drawings yesterday, and spoke to him about prefab frames and trusses VS doing…

Hi tomandkylie,
Thanks very much for the input...Yeah if you could tell me the area of your roof, colorbond/tiles etc.. and how much the trusses actually cost, I would greatly appreciate…

Hi guys,
just wandering if there's anyone out there that could give me the difference in pricing of materials ONLY for a conventionally pitched roof VS cost of prefab trusses. So…

Hi Saltwatercoasters,
In case anyone is interested and hasn't had the call yet....
Just received a call from SWC sales office saying the stage 10 is titling late this or early…

ahaa..thanks very much guys..I'll just tell them to do the whole lot when they get in touch to organize the access..thanks for the wise suggestions..

thanks very much bingoshelley.
The site is pretty much flat, although in the sec 32 the arrows show some sort of a fall. I just wanted to avoid paying for soil…

Hi guys,
NEw to the forum and it's a great place with a wealth of good info and knowledgable people. First time OB .
Just…

Hi guys,
great forum, thank for all the contributors making it such a good place to learn...
TDS, would you mind passing on the archi's/drafty's details? I am an OB in the…