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NZ......where men are men and sheep are scared ?? Likewow: why not incorporate ducting within the poured slab for the services?? Thommo: You had a cyclone bearing down on you last Feb. Did any houses get destroyed ?? They seen to stand up pretty well up that way..even the old...

Thommo: shhpeedhog...what the @#%*?? You mean me?? Same with us, council is favourable, I have been told that the builder puts "dougnut" concrete footings down first, so no real siteworks required, no sandfill or sand pads, just make sure the levels are right. In WA, we want the house floor...

Understood Aus, You're on the ground and dealing with it everyday...hence no argument from me. Those pesky consumers will adapt if the product is good enough... All this dbl brick construction in WA is too much. Time for a change... Lets Import Prefabs !!!!!!

Hell, I remember paying a brickie $250 per 1000...in the 90s' A lot of framing can be done in steel, including roof trusses etc. Timber substitutes like MDF mean you no longer need to rely on timber anymore. We are curerntly doing transportables with concrete floors to organise housing...