Anyone have an recommendations on wall wrap insulation? My energy rating simply says non-glare vapour permeable wall wrap.
There seem to be products on the market with signficant price differences:
Amatalin…

I think Metricon got sued for their waffle slabs some years ago, so they may now be over-engineering
20 years ago the houses built on H class reactive soils used raft…

So $30k in piering?

I think what may have happened is the builder has sought the RBS approval, the RBS has permiitted the amendments
ON THE PROVISO THE OWNER AGREES. The owner has…

type "slab piers" in search and a few topics come up

I've gone for pre-fab walls. I did it because I wanted to remove the idiot factor from the construction on site , control theft and reduce waste plus its supposed…

For further information, its going to cost me $200 per square meter to install and render 126 square meters of top flor hebel.
For comparison ground floor bricks up to 3.2…

I pm'ed but its stuck in my outbox. Citywide Demolition.

That's brilliant would appreciate if you have you can locate the other doc so I can use it with my discussion with the building surveyor

Fantastic-that second doc may be exactly what I'm looking for:
Effective from 28 November 2023, there is no longer a restriction on the energy source for SWH
installed in a new Class…

My understanding is solar hot water requires a back up system and gas seems to be preferred over electric...which means a gas line Also the cost and complexity/reliability of…

Thanks you for your detailed reply and the link
The cost factor is a big one. For the cost of a gas line line ( no HWS) rainwater tank I could…

This is interesting:
Where reticulated gas supply from a gas company is NOT available then under clause 11 the SWH
can be either:
• an electric boosted SWH, or
• a heat pump water…

As per the topic title, can I install a Heat pump HWS system instead of a water tank in Victoria. My gas supply has been abolished and the Ausnet…

I'm on that journey.
I had to demolish a single story brick veneer on concrete raft slab about 220 sq meters for about $19k. They took forever to get a…

My neighbour started with Metricon in November 2023. Its nearly done, with painting just finished. 60 squares with pool at the back

I had to do this 2 weeks ago. I'm in Melbourne. The water company was Ok if moved upto 600 mm sideways. Any more than that and…

A raft slab still needs to cut roots for the trenches of the concrete edge beams and typically these beams can go 500mm or more deep.
I have seen arborist…

That tree species appears to have one of the more aggressive root systems and is listed as causing pipe and foundation damage.
You'd need to speak with an arborist and structural…

I would do it like this

Timber frame with brick veneer is what I would choose.. The one advantage hebel has is that its cheaper if you want rendered walls. Rendered Hebel is now…

I think i read somewhere upgrading the steel reinforcing stiffens the slab more than upgradind the concrete?

I'm getting quoted concrete extras its around $220-$240 per extra cubic meter of concrete- thats 75 square meters at 15 mm thick to go from 85 mm to 100 mm…

The letters designate your SOIL /SITE type not your slab:
P means problematic-moisture, infill.
H used to mean highly reactive soil ie clay then it become H1 (less but still high)…

ecoeco. tried to send a PM to you but it just sits in my outbox. Can you PM me?

I'd be grateful of any examples of impervious materials that could be used?

Building in Keilor Park Victoria. My upstairs master bedroom is at the front of the house, as is the ensuite window. It will be double glazed. Is it a requirement…

Thanks that link in particular is really useful.

Hello all,
We're at the design stage.
Its a knockdown rebuild on highly reactive clay soil. We have an engineered raft slab design, with beam footings spec'ed at 700mm…