
My experience buying windows in China
I didn't say the quality was bad, only what the board is made of, but thank you all very much for supporting Australian manufacturing and industry

My experience buying windows in China
I wouldn't be getting cabinets from China, there is a well known cabinet maker in Perth that was installing cabinets made in China for a large builder, that cabinet maker…

WA builder complaint process
DIY if you are handy, not 100% about the external plaster, may be worth going to a specialist paint shop i.e. Dulux or Wattyl and show them the pictures, it…

WA builder complaint process
Don't bother lodging a complaint with the building commission you will be wasting your money, if you google WA guide to tolerances and standards (a publication from the building commission)…

Roof installation
Brickwork should be fully complete and that's not complete, hard to tell by the picture but doesn't look like brickwork above the internal door is in either. I would get…

Builder damaged my Retaining wall
It's definitely not included as per the wording of the item, so it's your responsibility. I think its more of a moral obligation from the builder they should of told…

Blue timber H2 is incredibly hard to source, alternative?
No consequences for using H3, it's the same timber with a higher treatment level, it's going to cost you a fair bit more but no problems using it at all

MoveHomes WA - Reviews?
Might want to look at a Facebook group called $honkybuilderswa (with an S not a $) I think there might be a few things there on them.

Fixed Price Contract
Hi Newgirl,
You need to say what state you are in, building contracts are different for each state

Building price increases
StructuralBIMGuy you must be living under a rock to say society trusts Enginners it would be the same as saying I'm going to get lucky with Angelina Jolie!
Look at…

7 Months, No Brickie!
Hi Mick,
I would suggest you're in WA and if so it is more than likely one of the big project builders, if all is correct it seems a little long,…

Building price increases
Once again structualBIMguy you show that you have no idea what your talking about, you have a habit of it

Building price increases
To put it into prospective a gang of 5 or 6 lay between 8,000 to 10,000 bricks on a single storey house and that would take a week, so between…

Building price increases
Yep I'm an estimator, have been for about 15 years, those price increases are all cost, they are Sub-contract rates for labour, so before Covid19 we were paying $1:20+GST…

Building price increases
This is what is happening in Perth, I have tracked all major increases since January 2021 (There are others I haven't worried about) this is on top of the increases…

Landscape design in Perth
Used Kelsie Davies a few times, she is very good and never had any dramas
https://www.kdla.com.au/

STEEL FRAMED HOME NEAR THE OCEAN - PERTH
Sorry that imagine is shocking it's Bluescope steel Technical Bullet TB-34, just google that

STEEL FRAMED HOME NEAR THE OCEAN - PERTH
Here is an industry bulletin from Bluescope personally I don't like steel framing and much prefer timber.
It's borderline with Bluescope is regards to neing that close…

concrete floors
My son has polished concrete and its not a worry at all, it would be the equivalent to walking on tiles.
It is super expensive to do though so you may…

building brickwork concern + inspector recommendations
Pretty hard to tell from those few photos, but in saying that what you have there looks very average.
I would be definitely getting a building inspector, get one that…

BAL Rating - Changed (3rd Variation)
What state are you in? If your in WA send me a PM with the actual site address and I'll let you know if it's in a BAL zone

Building with timber’s upstairs! HELP!
70% of our work is double storey of that 70% half would be timber sub-floor and half suspended slabs, we only use Hebel on the timber sub-floors excluding the wet…

Building with timber’s upstairs! HELP!
So this makes you an expert in pricing still . You've a engineer not an estimator, who cares how cheap you can do it, it's not pertinent to the original…

Building with timber’s upstairs! HELP!
So you poured 2 suspended slab this week makes you an expert on pricing, I've heard it all now

Building with timber’s upstairs! HELP!
You obviously have no idea, you make a statement that is know where near correct or accurate