Hi Marmalade, with your electrical rough in finished, who does the tv antenna wiring? Ia it the electrician or the security guys.
Our framing is complete and We just had the…

Thanks qebtel. Thought as much.
We didnt have to pay bond to council for the demo stage. We have thought of taking the council to NSW
Ombudsmand but I suspect we…

Hi all,
We have a situation that needs your comments.
At the end of our demolition, we received a phone call from council advising of damage to council kerb/gutter across the road…

It appears that as they have raised their site level, so they would need to provide the retaining wall. There is no need for the wall originally so i would…

Hi all,
We are also building with AllCastle and are currently in the framing stage. At this stage all seems to be going well. There were a few sunny days where…

Hi All,
quick update.
The bucket piers were carried out and in terms of dollar value, we appear to be better off. The tender have allowed for 95lM of screw piers…

Thanks for the comments guys.
The piers are going in today. Apparently the engineers have designed bucket piering and the builder 'forgot' to update the tender.
Meet with the site / construction…

I dont think it is a cost saving to the customer, more like a convenience to the builder, since they dont have to pay for the amound of concrete they…

I suspect cost savings is a factor. There is another reason as follows.
Builder have advised us bored piers have been booked for next Thursday, yet when I checked it was…

Thanks Bashworth.
So a bucket pier is just like having big chunks of concrete in several places instead of piers. I wonder why would the builder need to change…

Hi all,
We are at the beginning of construction with Allcastle Homes. Our tender allowed for screw piers . The builder noted that we are now recommended to use bucker piers…