Hi.
The contractor has to be given the opportunity to rectify the work.
Both parties can sit down and work out a resolution, work might not continue, a new contractor could…

Hi,
Check Bluescope Colorbond warranty document or your product warranty. There is a size limit for touch up paint and then product needs to be replaced.
Any painting on Colorbond requires “permission”…

Thanks, how many cms is the difference?
Is there structural beams that interfere with lifting stacker or having correct stacker made?

Looking at elevation it looks like stacker not at ceiling level.

Hi,
Most render finishes these days are base-coat (sand, cement, polymer & lime) and then a Coloured Trowel on Texture.
Whether this is over brick, Hebel, Blueboard or EPS Foam…

1. The 50mm Hebel wall panels are very new in the market place. You will get better insulation from the EPS polystyrene foam systems.
Using thicker wall systems will provide…

So a 10k brick job is now 12.5K?
White mortar is not easy to achieve. White cement, white brick sand (not that white, clay in it still for brick laying) and…

Quartz=sand
That product is a coloured Topcoat, applied to thickness of granule (sand, silicate, quartz etc).

Silicate is European for sand

Any photos glo

Bitumen paint just isn’t adequate. Have seen retaining walls where the texture coat blisters quite bad.
Corflute sheets, membranes and/or waterproofing systems are what’s required.
Unfortunately crack repair is not just…

Hi, really the unknown in relation to hairline cracks.
to eliminate hairline cracking I would ask renderer to use expanded metal

very efficient, i understand if you haven't seen this type of window.
organise a junket when the planes are back in the sky

No, 100-150mm air cavity between inner and outer glazing. Have inner window and an outer window. Not sealed units in a window frame.

Hebel is a step up from blue-board or foam cladding. Brick still provides the best outcome and can be rendered.
To achieve similar insulation properties to European construction you would need…

Yes, 5 onsite including Supervisors
From DHHS, brother sent it to me this morning. Electrician at my house today said everybody is shutting up because of this.
Small Scale Construction, Item…

Hi,
The Stage 4 restrictions in current format may well shut down residential volume builders for 6 weeks. Your SS could already be allowing for this impact.
Maximum of 5 people…

You could look at it that the "drafts person" engaged the engineer and therefore the "contract/transaction" is between those parties.
Maybe the drafts person can negotiate an outcome if they have…

Hi,
Please be careful listening to advice from a builder.
The slab/footings are one of the most important aspects of your build.

Hebel been operating in Aus since late 1990 (approximately), when started it was all blockwork. ICF started about 1995, it gained a bit of traction.
So after 30yrs you…

Custom builds mostly operate on a quotation.
Get a quote from the Hebel contractor/company for 300mm blocks, lintels, sundry items etc, Make sure you sitting down, For that price you…

I dont believe the footings would differ much between ICF concrete walls, Solid Hebel or Double brick. They would be considered masonry construction for slab/footing design.
Although double brick is not…

It is extremely difficult to find builders and engineers for "boutique" building materials. Both Hebel (solid block) and ICF have suffered from this difficulty.
The ICF does not work as a…

how do they fix this now?
does basecoat and topcoat stick to the wall? will it have to be roughed up back to basecoat plaster?

99% of plasterers on east coast would not be capable of level 5 finish. Its not required.
Do you think the joins in rest of house are done…

All the best Alex

Thats incorrect. How would you apply a mesh at Step 3 and Step 4, after basecoat and texture is already on the wall.

We are discussing Hebel Powerpanel XL.
Check the Rockcote System page, all systems over 75mm Hebel Powerpanel have Armour or Clearcoat/Repel
The often used 2 coat system (base & texture) still requires…

are you referring to Keim silicate paint?
Of course they are 20 times thicker than paint because there main ingredient is sand or marble chip, approximately 70-75% solids per bucket.
Rockcote:…

Render manufacturers require the walls to be painted, yes some specify a mesh embedment into basecoat which helps with crack bridging. They do have mineral based systems (earthen natural pigmented…