Personally, I'd lift your old part of the house to match your new part so there is just one floor level- no steps. 1 in a 100 year flood area?…

14º, gee I'm surprised at that. Most of the exposed rafter houses I've seen are a lot steeper than that but that is good for you or anyone else working…

You may get more replies if you log into the Home Theatre and Automation dept ( otherwise known as Nerd Central - but I'm being facetious ).

Yes, I'd remove the existing. I'd skew nail them but put in blocking every 3m or so to keep them at 90º to your rafters. You may need to strut…

Must be my Kiwi heritage!
FFL was always finished floor level that you walk on, not what is under it.
I've specified the FFL of our lounge at RL 53830 which…

I'm actually quite astounded that you didn't do any of that when you built the house originally, especially seeing that it is after all in a sub-alpine area. Being an…

The most heat escapes through the ceiling and roof so you need to get a lot of insulation up there and seeing as you are in the Snowies which is…

doro, what do your plans and elevations say about FFL - Finished Floor Level? If only one level is notated on the plans…

"I've posted a photo of what's included by a surveyor and was wondering if anything else was needed? Any help would be appreciated. "
Aside from what is on that list,…

I dealt with North Sydney, Warringah + Manly ( now Northern beaches Council ) and Mosman councils over the years and they are all pretty strict when it comes to…

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Remove the before and the after your photo link
Stewie

A lot of the roofers wear them for obvious reasons.
Stewie

Knowing which suburb/town you are in would help. There would be big differences between suburban and rural.
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I agree. I drew plans for a builder about seven years ago and he put in a rain garden. By the time he had landscaped in and around it, it…

Thanks for the info Simeon. I'm sure someone else will find that very handy but ours has to be longer and lower than most because we only have a limited…

And the short answer is, yes you can with a little tweaking of the floorplan and also the roof.
Stewie

" We can do a 16,000 litre concrete OSD under a driveway for a touch under 20k and that includes rock excavation, cranes, plumbing etc. If you have to bigger…

You don't need a laser level but a straight edge a couple of metres long to see where high points on your brickwork would be handy. Pack them out…

Hmmm, I'll dig up our OSD tank specs to see how much ours has to retain. What is the sqm of the roofs for each of your duplexes?
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Yeah, I guess having to do two would dramatically increase the cost but I'd also imagine that for a two storey duplex, the OSD tank would also be significantly smaller…

Jiminy Mallet17! $70-90k for an OSD !! A standard sized house like our proposed one with a roofed area of around 246 sqm and ours would be around $25- 30k…

If it is seepage water from their soft surface areas - gardens and lawn then an ag line drained to your existing pipes is fine. If however, the water is…

I'd probably use 40 x 19mm. You will need to run another beading or pack out where your wainscotting meets any doorjambs.
Stewie

Yes, that would be my preference. Any discrepancies in the brickwork can be removed by planing or packing the battens as necessary.
Good luck with it and post up some photos.
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Sounds unusual. I've seen sliding windows bind because either the lintel was undersized or in one case the sill trimmer was forced up because of shifting foundations. You may have…

Get someone else to download it for you and then save the pdf and send it to you ( mind you Vol two is just under 20mb ). I would…

Yep, my thoughts exactly. Depending on your google-fu , weatherboarding has been around since at least the early 16th century and I'd hazard a bet that cladding of a timber…

Yes, I'd rake out the grout on the large horizontal join and replace it with a sealant the same dark brown colour and do the same on the side cracks…

Forget Escape to the Chateau, you must be starring in Escape to the Acreage!
Our upcoming build is a retro design also, more Art Moderne than anything. We like Art Deco…

"unfortunately the wife isn't keen on having the house floorplan etc on the internet."
You can put the plans up but just blackout any relevant details like Lot no., names etc.…