In-wall plumbing complete

Went past the house this morning and noticed that all the internal wall plumbing has been completed and lock-up crew has started to 'straighten' the walls and do other various jobs like clean up and build the bath HOB.

I noticed that the cold water tap to the fridge space is missing so I will be raising that to the SS. Also, the HWS has not been moved as we requested in the drawings. I think it's mainly because the new location is not possible due to the shower plumbing being on the other side.

Study water points installed. Need to get them moved further to the left as originally requested.

Bulkhead to master bedroom door removed to be raised.

 En-suite

Kitchen island

 Kitchen wall bench-top

 Bathroom plumbing and bath HOB

 Laundry

Gas and water point for alfresco

 Hot water service and gas feed line

Build Issues List - Growing....

As we further progress with our build, our 'issues' list is growing. Currently we have 15 open items. These are not all issues as such. Some are reminders/notes.

Most of the actual issues seem to be caused by contractors being careless. For example; when our bricks were delivered we had two storm water pipes damaged.

I kind of feel like I'm in a never ending PACMAN game. The yellow dots representing our build issues.

Site visit update

Hi everyone,

This week has been quite busy regarding work being done on the house. To name a few we had Roofing, slab repairs, wrapping, plumbing and brick delivery.

So with that in mind we decided to go out for a look this morning. The roofing job is really good. Sarking is installed correctly (thanks to a forum member who gave me the write documents to check this).

We picked up a few issues such as HWS piping in wrong location as we had chosen to move it closer to the rear of the house but nothing major.

Plenty of photos this time around.

Bricks delivered with an added bonus...

During our visit to our site today we were delighted to see that our bricks had been delivered.

Unfortunately, the delivery team managed to damage two of our storm water pipes. I saw the first one which looked liked this.

This prompted me to check all the other pipes and unfortunately one has been crushed at the base.

It's quite frustrating that we now need to fix this due to somebody else's lack of care. Not to worry at least we picked it up.

Slab Issues - That's better!

After the disappointing repair job applied to our slab last week (Photos), phone calls with our BC, PD's head of construction and finally an on-site meeting our slab has finally been repaired to an acceptable standard.

I am very pleased with the latest repair job. Everything that we requested was done. There were some limitations to how much they could box up the slab but overall I am very happy with the job.

Much better workmanship!

We have a roof over our heads...

Our Colorbond roofing was completed yesterday. The colour used is called 'Monument'. We think it looks great :) 

Some of your may notice that the temporary downpipes are not all installed. Actually, they were but as they were not done correctly the strong wind has 'disconnected' them. I have spoken to our SS and he is going to personally re-install them ASAP as he understand my concerns. Top bloke.

While I was taking photos, there was a contractor on site preparing the DPC sheeting and wrapping the house with the foil sheet. Looking forward to seeing the house wrapped up on the weekend. 

 

Meeting with Site Supervisor - Frame Issues Resolved

A few days ago, after meeting with our Slab Supervisor I also arranged to meet with our Site Supervisor on site. The main reason for this was to go through all the frame defects raised during our independent frame inspection.

The SS gave me as much time as I needed and went through every issue one by one to ensure they had been resolved and that I was happy with the work. I really appreciated this and am looking forward to working with him throughout the remainder of the build.

Definitely a good job on PD's behalf.

Only took a few photos that day but here they are:

Slab Issues - Meeting with Slab Supervisor

Many of you would have already read my post on Friday regarding the slab 'repairs' that we applied to our home to be. Click here to view it.

I was quite disappointed with the quality of the repairs and as soon as I got home I sent an email to the Slab Supervisor raising my concerns. Even though I did not receive an email back from him. Fortunately, my BC was onto it first thing Monday morning and raised this to management.

Without going into too much detail, this morning I got a call from our Slab Supervisor which was soon followed by PD's head of construction to discuss the issues I have raised. I was already meeting our Site Supervisor on site so the Slab Supervisor agreed to join.

After a lengthy discussion, PD have agreed to 'redo' all the repair work. The repairs will be conducted first thing in the morning and include the following:

• Remove old concrete
• Prep the area for inspection
• Fix the Slab Membrane - Garage corner
• Surveyor to inspect again and provide a report for sign off
• Areas of repair to be boxed and then poured

I am hoping that this time around the repairs are done to that of an acceptable standard. 

A big thank you to all those on the homeone forum that helped me through various posts and PMs. Specifically one member who sent me a message with some great 'ammunition' for the discussion. 

Looking forward to moving on for these issues and continuing our build! 

Slab Repairs Completed... Or are they?

Yet another disappointing site visit.

I called the Slab Supervisor today to ask about the repairs. I was told that they have been done and inspected. I was so excited to finally hear this, I text my Fiancé and right after work I decided to go for a visit.

Here is what I found...

Garage corner 'Repair'. Not even boxed of.

Front Portico 'Repair'. Boxed of at the top only and concrete as spilt out the bottom.

Honeycombing fixed but to the wrong part! I marked the position in the second image. 

One positive that I saw, was the bathtub recess had been sealed and treated. At least I think that's what the grey silicone stuff is.

I really think the quality of workmanship to the portico and garage repair is very poor. Hoping that PD will look into this.