If u go to a small custom builder even without all these ridiculous costs like traffic mgt etc etc. Metricon and other volume builders will still come up cheaper.

Hi,
I like many here building a house for the very 1st time.
Usually we preoccupied our self with designs , color selections etc.
After my build has started I only realised that…

Thanks for taking time to reply.
My builder said to me between himself and the engineeer, he is confident the new beam would be fine.
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Ok, not sure if this helps, the beam in question is 1B2 (4.7 meters for the first span and then 1.5 meters continuous span). It supports the 1st floor external…

Ok in short i should just trust the engineer i guess.
Problem was in his computational document he adopted 400*75mm hyspan.
But in the structural drawing he wrote down as 400*63mm.
After the…

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Posting this to see if anyone know this. Is is suffice for the load its carrying?
The only thing I understand is the 5.4mm deflection and from research it seems to…

I would say usually you wait till building permit is issued for the new house. Then you demolish.
But many people do decide to demolish before the building permit has been…

It is standard the moment you knock down rebuild, automatically becomes P site. My small builder also said the same thing. Another friend also same experience with another small builder.
On…

My experience is P site is not the issue I'm more concern with the actual Soil class. The soil is the one that will give you stress depending what slab…

Yes stud wise is pretty strong. 1 lvl and 2 f17 studs.
Was just seeing the top plate as the weak link.
Thanks.

Yes i did do the research. Depending on what type of hyspan and it's span.
In this case 50-60mm look suffice
But wont the top plate be crushed over time?
45mm is…

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To all the framing experts.
The picture below showing 2 bolted together 400*45 hyspan spanning across 4.7 meters. This hyspan is use as a hanging beam to join 2 floor joists.
At…

Darn, I was told otherwise when I posted the question on General Discussion forum.
Did they dig by hand or using a some small machine as oppose to small…

Hi,
Have anyone here have their gas connected to their build?
Did the gas provider come and dig a trench to lay the gas line to your gas meter/the connection point into…

I saw the copper pipe for connection to the house near the electric meter.
But not the copper pipe coming out from the ground for the gas line.
From my research…

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I found this from VBA 2015 standard and tolerances document.
Doesn't mention the mortar vertical line level tolerance when compare to itself.

Anyone has the document for brick laying tolerance?
Also please provide your comments on the following brick work.
Today I checked out my brickwork. Overall is pretty good so far, except for…

Hmm i didn't know that.
Can't seem to see it on my site the pipe for gas.
I assume it will protrude out the ground so contractor know where it is like…

From what i understand gas connection is done by the gas supplier towards before handover.
When they dig the trench surely there is a very high chance it could hit the…

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Those of u that have a bathroom on ground floor.
Does your exhaust fan vented outside or it just go into the cavity between your celling and 1st floor flooring.
Thanks

15k for traffic mgt??

Normally there would not be a lintel inside right?. Always only 1 lintel on the outside...
Was wondering if the inside lintel is the fix they did?
Thanks

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Could someone confirm if I'm on the right track here.
The window was too big for the size allocated by the framing. It is the correct size window though.
So the framing…

Does tradies get paid again to redo the job if it wasnt their fault?
My neighbour told me that one time during buidling he told the tradie that the cornice is…

Hello everybody.
Our house is flooded in the back my concern is that the water will seep through to my slab! Our house will be handed over in 10 days. What…