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| Thread ID: 145963 | 2018-03-18 08:34:00 | Are renovation about looks? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1447445 | 2018-03-21 06:00:00 | Go for it Gary, Which council are plans going to - Nelson or Tasman?? Either way, keep us in touch when they are returned in 2027! Maybe I'm a bit cynical. Good luck anyway Actually neither of those we are now under Hurunui. Councils now have to by law turn plans out in 20 days, however what they often do is come back on day 19 with clarification needed. Of course this means the 20 days starts again from when you resubmit the plans |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1447446 | 2018-03-21 08:57:00 | Absolutely every other pipe will be in the walls so that they can be accessed if any problems. I have worked as a kitchen designer, builder and joiner and this is my first attempt at designing a whole house. just a thought. things like bathroom pipes you want in the internal walls. nothing worse than having to rip out and replace a shower or bath because of some minor leak. much cheaper and easier to open up the wall from the next room. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1447447 | 2018-03-22 00:30:00 | just a thought. things like bathroom pipes you want in the internal walls. nothing worse than having to rip out and replace a shower or bath because of some minor leak. . Yep. Or access from outside. We were able to do that with loo leak, it had had a nail through it at some point. nail rusts, falls out, leak.... Not nice having to rip tiles off for instance then wall, to repair. Husband saw that a lot.... |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1447448 | 2018-03-22 01:07:00 | All pipes will be in the wall or roof, removing a bit of Gib to access them is not a big issue at all | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1447449 | 2018-03-22 07:30:00 | Yep. Or access from outside. well no, at least not in most homes. the absolute last thing you will ever want is to take apart an outside wall. that extremely expensive and prone to all sorts of weather proofing issues. i have that problem here, the shower is on the outside wall. so to do anything you either remove outside cladding, which is not going to happen ever, or you rip out and replace the shower. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1447450 | 2018-03-22 09:45:00 | Depends on the cladding, I had my whole house cladding repaired, replastered, and repainted, for about $15k. A small patch on one wall would be not that bad and probably cheaper than replacing a shower. Other cladding types you probably have a point. Incidentally, if any of you have monolithic cladding check the corners and around doors and windows etc for cracks and get them seen to. You're supposed to get it repainted every 5-10 years because the paint is the only thing that makes it waterproof. If you are like me and didn't know that and don't notice the cracks that's when leaky homes start. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1447451 | 2018-03-22 11:40:00 | Are renovation about looks? Yep!! :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1447452 | 2018-03-23 04:51:00 | Depends on the cladding, I had my whole house cladding repaired, replastered, and repainted, for about $15k. A small patch on one wall would be not that bad and probably cheaper than replacing a shower. Other cladding types you probably have a point. Incidentally, if any of you have monolithic cladding check the corners and around doors and windows etc for cracks and get them seen to. You're supposed to get it repainted every 5-10 years because the paint is the only thing that makes it waterproof. If you are like me and didn't know that and don't notice the cracks that's when leaky homes start. 15k is insanely cheap. 100k would not be out of the question. for something like mine, you would break the cladding getting it off and afaik you can't get it anymore, so you would have to use something else and redo at least one whole side. with a cladding change you run the risk of having to redo windows to allow the cladding to fit. it gets big and messy quick. you can't just do one small patch. the other issue is any patch runs the risk of leaking. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1447453 | 2018-03-23 19:50:00 | well no, at least not in most homes. the absolute last thing you will ever want is to take apart an outside wall. that extremely expensive and prone to all sorts of weather proofing issues. . Nah, I meant...my house, the fibrolite is out from the lower bit, it overhangs the lower part, whatever that's called, you can get your hand up in there without removing anything, husband was able to sort the pipe leak without any wall removal at all. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1447454 | 2018-03-23 19:53:00 | We are going to replace back steps, starting to rot, but mainly the angle was always way off, very steep, and risers not only too high but variable as well. I had 2 builders respond. Second said why not a stringer step? While I was looking that up first came round. Dismissed stringers and rabbited on about irrelevant bits, ignore what I said about the bottom part and eventually quoted $800 to build some. Today we are buying the stringer steps from DIY shop for $200 and doing it ourselves. |
piroska (17583) | ||
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