As long as your slepers area treated to at least H4 rating which they pretty much all are you should be fine to put them straight on or slightly in…

I would be wanting a cast iron cover (as suggested by Davinci) in a heavy traffic area like a drive way. Are those PVC covers able to be driven…

I can understand why it doesn't look very nice then. Maybe you need to discuss it further with your plumber. It probably took him less time to do it…

My Tiler told me the most important room in the house to get right is the toilet because thats where you spend the most time just sitting and looking around.…

I've installed a couple of them. I had 100mm or so to the wall at each end for each of the installations. They looked great a had no ongoing problems.…

We had a problem with undersized box guttering in our recently built home. Had intermitent drips from our ceiling for over 18 months. Builder has now re routed…

I would check your steelwork connection details for this area against the engineers drawings as well. It doesn't look quite right from these limited photos. May be all…

Yes I would read it that way. Anything over and above the 7.5m would be an additional cost to you.

I understand this to be from the meter to closest point of the house. I know most of the volume builders quote a fixed amount for a certain front…

I look forward to seeing pics of the staw bale method of building. I've heard about it before but never seen it done. Keep us informed.

I have seen Nawkaw used on mortar discolouration as bad as yours and it looked great afterward. Have not seen it after applying to bricks though.

I don't believe there are any codes which state they should be under ground. If its an eysore you should tell him its not as you discussed. If…

30mm definitely exceeds the allowable limit of brickwork overhanging the slab. When it is so widespread I would make sure the builder gets the engineer involved to either ok…

Main problem I see is that they have cut the bottom plate (horizontal timber at the base) too short and so therefore the end stud (vertical timber closest to steel…

Just to answer your question re the wall thickness of mains pipe versus the domestic pipe. The required wall thickness is a function diameter. ie a larger pipe…

Very difficult to do electrical work after the plaster is up. If your builder is charging too much for the extras (which is why I'm assuming you've asked the…

I know a few people who have built with them. Like all of the volume builders it can depend on the sub contractors you get on the day. …

If you can afford the upgrade I would at least go half way to 2550. Much more spacious.
Also depends where you are building. Where we are we had trouble…

The building code states, Loading of concrete slabs with stacked materials or building plant must not occur for a minimum of 7 days after pouring although construction of wall frames…

We had 5 different site supervisors and 4 different customer service people durring our build. We had endless discussions caused by lack of continuity and lost information along the…