Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 5m Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 12/05/16 05:54 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 05:54 AM #thatsf*cked But I did lol at the 69 in the bottom pic coz im a perverted fhuck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,434 Member For: 15y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/16 09:28 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 09:28 AM 23 hours ago, hawlass said: As a painter it sucks nuts if the kitchen/ vanitys etc go in early. Almost impossible to reach over the top of a corner pantry and cut in the walls to the ceiling. Way more masking if your spraying too. I feel your pain bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,434 Member For: 15y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/05/16 09:34 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 09:34 AM (edited) 22 hours ago, Pixy Angel said: seeing sh*t like this upsets me mate. I havent got much advice but to put your foot down and get some answers and solutions sorted. its just not good enough. 3 hours ago, Princess Whinginator said: #thatsf*cked But I did lol at the 69 in the bottom pic coz im a perverted fhuck I like this ^^ Edited 12/05/16 09:35 AM by Ford Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franga Donating Members 256 Member For: 10y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 12/05/16 10:11 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 10:11 AM I realise the gaps Pixy has are large but is it normal to have a gap at all? What would be acceptable? None at all and perfectly flush? I need to know what to look out for when my house gets to that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 5m Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 12/05/16 10:25 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 10:25 AM Franga... u find a normal concrete slab isnt fixed to timber like that normally. The frame is usually made to sit ontop of the slab and bolted to it. On your house you wont need to look out for this issue Ill try dig u up a pic from work brb Here this is a normal timber frame construction The timber gets fixed to the slab and errected as such ... bricks go on the outside of this Pixys whole design seems like the builder was trying to wank himself off and be clever and it hasnt worked... Its not a normal construction so u dont need to look out for those issues... Any off the plan home even customized generally have minimal issues. this was my first build Edit I should clarify... coz pixy has some split leves going on its a bit different as well.. NH ut again u dont see many timber frames not fixed ontop of the slab and fixed like that... well not down here anyway . His frames were in modules... again not typical of a normal residential construction. But in pixys case no I wouldnt allow a gap bigger than 10m if that. (I am unsure of the code on this tbh but I can have a look) Its what happens when the slabs not straight and the frames are... or vise versa... either of which are not ok. Its going to be intersting to see the solution for it coz or else the floors going to be laid over thin air... or the carpet will be tucked down the sides of the slab and there will be a nice hole for thekids to shove their rubbish bahaha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 5m Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 12/05/16 10:43 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 10:43 AM On 10/05/2016 at 9:24 PM, -Stever- said: I've been lucky enough to get 4G reception the last couple months here, even at ZERO bars I still manage to torrent a 300MB TV show file in about 5 minutes. Download limits highly restrictive though, 1GB a day for $120 a month if you used it all every day. Optus $2 a day plan which gives 500MB then can use another $2 to do it again (max 1GB a day). New house is getting an NBN box but it won't have sh*t connected to it...just a thing new houses are supposed to have I think. Last I checked it was 5 years away from Gidgegannup. Yeah fluff the tiles were a compromise. Pics don't show them very well when they are metallic and deep glass, colours are off because phone pic etc etc. I like the below one the most (still wasn't like "OH YEAH THAT'S THE ONE" but I did like it) but the SO didn't and the thin offset strips would be a bit awkward to cut flat on the 90° where it will go up the centre of the bath and on to the top edge (but wouldn't be impossible). This was more modern looking which I thought suited the theme but hey that's life. Crappy pic, so here's a vid What colours would you stick with it? I like features that stick out a bit, there were dark shiny ones that blend in like some of the displays in the shop but it would have looked too dark and boring I reckon. Missed this question... Imo any very dark tile needs a broken up contrast... but also the criticism I have with your tile choice isnt the colour as much as the size... dark or light tiles need to exremely large if your tiling to ceiling ... smaller tiles makethe room look smaller at the end and a lot cheaper effect imo By using a larger tile it opens the space and also looks modern . Its what my sister inlaw did to our bathroom before we bought the place.... its gettin ripped out lol Saying that that's just what I like and is current atm Doesnt mean im right just preferance Some examples of dark large tiling... also staggering patterns are a lot more current ... or doing one lighter or feature wall as opposed to a feature tile in a section... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/05/16 06:19 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 06:19 AM Yeah those do look good! I think we might have been able to choose 200x400 tiles or 300x300 (which is what we went with obviously) but not sure if that was for floor only or walls...They wouldn't approve a third colour feature wall tile though without more bucks and they are twice to three times the price the tiler charges himself. The feature tiles are installed now and we had a look last night and enjoyed the ambience in there so that's what matters as you say. Haven't seen it during the day yet though. I'll try and get some decent pics when we do! Still a ways to go on the house (8 weeks) and part of that is the mirror and shower screens/tapware. Exciting! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 5m Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 13/05/16 06:23 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 06:23 AM Ahhh see that's where I guess I failed to understand in terms of tile... I thought coz u were getting tiled to ceiling and u mentiined cashies to the tiler etc that u were doing tiling yourself We got a very good mate and forum member of ours to tile as the amount they charge and the limit options in the builiding contract we saved a couoke grand by buying our own tiles and getting him to lay them. Makey sense now Yeah builders only wanna include base pack unless u wanna pay more Pretty atandard really lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/05/16 06:26 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 06:26 AM Yeah they only agreed to let the tiler do his own billed work in the second bathroom and WC if we agreed to go through them for ensuite. That's business so can't complain much I guess, entry level builder and all. The lighter grout on the larger tiles looks nice as. On smaller tiles it would be too busy I imagine, I see one pic there where the smaller tiles are only below waist height or so maybe for that reason. Oh and the dark grout isn't in our place yet except on the back of the shower, they blend together more once it's in which was the plan. So far I'm not happy with photos on the phone compared to how it feels in person. Phone flash at night sucks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 5m Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 13/05/16 06:31 AM Share Posted 13/05/16 06:31 AM Ahk Yeah u can just cross sh*t out on the contract lol We always draw a line through tiling, landscaping, carpeting, stormwater, any extra lighting or electrical (obvious reasons) only coz those are the cush items they charge extra for. Plus tbh the last builder I built throigh had the chutest selection of anything... Also depends how long u wanna be there... we went cheap and nasty coz investment property... if u wanna love there permanantly then u can customize and justify the money I guess. Loads of ways to skin a cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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