Yes!! We got unconditional approval! 4 villa development in Gwelup WA
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Regarding soak wells and AC condensate drains.
When I worked as a Fridgy in Karratha many of the new homes had soak wells and AC condensate drains that extended inside the external wall down under the ground about a foot directly into the soak wells. It looks neat but the problem with this is if you have massive rainfall, or the soak well gets blocked you end up with a hydraulic lock and the condensate cannot fall out the AC drain.
Result is leaking water in your brand new house. There are hundreds of homes in Karratha like that. The only solution is to punch a hole through the external wall behind the AC, and run a new pipe down the outside wall. I did this to many new homes and it is really ugly. Also the builder has left town by this stage and the bill was given to the owner!
The smart tradies ran the condensate down the inside of the external wall, popping out approx 200mm above ground level and fall into the soak well.
Just a thought...
Brickies scheduled to start tomorrow!!
Fingers crossed for sun and no rain.
Fingers crossed for sun and no rain.
Not looking so good
Don't need a smartphone to tell me I got soaked on my bike this morning.
A smarty phone would have prevented that
Mine says its raining outside hence why im still in bed.
A smarty phone would have prevented that
Mine says its raining outside hence why im still in bed.
I am envious.
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My cristal ball is saying next week.
So far I'm on week 4 of rain delays
I need it to rain on your site and sun on my site! You are getting far too far ahead of me.
I'm biased but I think it's fantastic too. It's an expensive project but I think the reward will be worth it. The timing was just right - it had been on the market forever and market sentiment was down. 12mths later and market sentiment is completely different and I'm so happy I got it.
Drum roll .........I have some walls!
I visited the site today and found about 8 brickies there working hard in between rain showers. They have started the brickwork on A and D and the 2 teams are having a bit of a challenge to see who finishes their 2 villas first.
I had a quick chat with the head bricky and he think 2.5 weeks of brickwork which is excitingly quick - weather permitting of course . The race with Blacky which I am losing badly, will be looking good in a couple of weeks as I catch up more.
I visited the site today and found about 8 brickies there working hard in between rain showers. They have started the brickwork on A and D and the 2 teams are having a bit of a challenge to see who finishes their 2 villas first.
I had a quick chat with the head bricky and he think 2.5 weeks of brickwork which is excitingly quick - weather permitting of course . The race with Blacky which I am losing badly, will be looking good in a couple of weeks as I catch up more.
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Blacky
damit damit damit....
2.5 weeks ago I was thinking I was sitting pretty... then 2 weeks of constant rain and you have caught up. I still have 2nd floor pads to pour and brick work for second floor to go before the roof can go on.
Its going to be touch and go
You are still WAY ahead of me and only building 3 so it will be interesting to see how we go. My villas are 200sqm so that's a lot of brickwork et al to do.
