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We have a Raven RP3 door seal on a rear wooden garage door in our house built a year ago but water still makes its way onto the garage floor…

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Here is a piccie of the front porch area.

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I am just wondering if anyone can help me as I am trying to find a type of awning for a small front portico that is north facing and does…

Zircon did you use the see thru fabric or blockout canvas....I have a blockout on our front window and am not sure how effective the see through fabric is.

Thanks for all the advice, most appreciated.
Guess our best bet is to get something on the outside of the window. We have a canvas bloc kout blind on our north…

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We have our children in two eastern bedrooms in our newly built house. This is our first summer in the new house and I am finding that in the mornings,…

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We remain puzzled about noises we get coming down our rangehood that is vented to the outside in our kitchen in our new house.
Every time it rains we hear a…

Thank you for the reply.
Is the issue with the damaged side bricks water getting in? there is some areas alongside the window where the brick finishes too short and there…

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Hopefully this link works ok, managed to take some photos. As you can see when you lift the weatherstrip up, underneath there are large gaps and chunks out of the…

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I only noticed today while cleaning outside our three month old house that along some of the windows there are gaps on the sides where the brick either finishes…

Thank you for the info, I also noticed on this benchtop that the side join has the inside of the benchtop showing throw so is not sealed properly. Another benchtop…

I actually thought that diamond gloss was more commonly used.
Does anyone know if you should have a gap where the laminex finishes underneath, as there is a gap underneath two…

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We have not been in our house very long but the diamondgloss benchtop in our laundry has already peeled away at the underside join along half of the benchtop length.…

Hmmm we definitely do not have perfect plaster from what I have seen.... I can see joins in places with certain lights.
Guess I just want to have the best paint…

The fan was fixed today - they just moved the insulation that had been on top of it
One coat does not sound too bad -…

Do you think we will end up with a lot of problems if we keep this paint? my other half who plans to do any more painting on our house…

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No the entire house has been painted low sheen. I am already finding the paint a nightmare as it is not very washable and when I did wipe a few…

Yes quite disturbing the level of expertise shown in building homes.
I just hope it hasn't caused any permanent damage. The builder is sending a cleaner to clean the walls anyway.

Well the builder sent around the electrician today and low and behold he discovered that someone had in fact placed some insulation bats on top of the ceiling exhaust fan......…

Well the shower was tested again tonight and the condensation/steam was on the ceiling and cornices this time. Then the actual ceiling was dripping water - so it appears the…

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I have not tried that but maybe I will, I just always leave the window open when the shower is in use as a habit.
I have a feeling I…

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Thanks guys. the cross ventilation may not be good as there is a window alongside the shower and the fan is directly above shower. I was wondering if it might…

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We have been in our new house a couple of weeks but in our ensuite shower, whenever the shower is used there is a large area of adjourning wall that…

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Yeah I know. It has really soured our experience building. Just the attitude and fighting we have to do over everything.
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HI, I agree it is a shame that relations break down. We put up up with a lot early on and did not complain, but things were repeatedly being done…

It is a shame that this kind of behaviour is so common.
Terrible to have to fight and argue.
They told us we were being too picky and expecting to much.
Then…

Hi, Thanks for the info. After catching them out trying to cover things up we are not going to be treating any remaining defects lightly. They certainly will not be…

Honestly we could not believe it although we were not really surprised to go to our block late today and catch out the site supervisor painting our rendered pillar at…

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The builder has agreed that we can inspect the house. They wanted confirmation of handover the following week but we just said we would meet tomorrow. There is still defects…

Thank you for the info.
Yes we are very uneasy about how they are claiming the occupancy certificate is the notice of completion when their own site supervisor told me they…