Was talking with a plumber in Brisbane this morning Andy about project builders. Don't know if you have the same ppl operating down there as here but may as well share this. His tidbits were:
- AV Jennings haven't reinforced underneath a lot of their shower recesses, so he has been called out to mutliple jobs when ppl break through them. Though they offer a 24 year warranty on their product, but are reluctant to honour it unless threatened via a solicitor. I spoke with AV Jennings last weekend and their costs come out at around $600m2, and they told me to use $480 for additions. A private builder I met a few weeks ago in my clinic told me he will do a standard single storey house for $650 a metre.
- Coral Homes have a good product.
- There's a plastic or polyethylene type water pipe (hot and cold) which is used a lot nowadays to save dollars, and is very prone to springing hairpin leaks. It's better to use copper but must be kept out of touch with mortar which can rub through it with expansion and contraction, and lime can eat into it.
- Most project builders like their variations, and $4 tiles.
