Measure Twice, Cut Once

[Citroënbender]

From memory in NSW it requires a process to lock in. Someone like Snap might know better.

[.:4:.]

Dont ask don't tell. You didn't do it, so plead ignorance if, and it probably won't happen, questions are asked. The big L word falls back on surveyor or whoever the contractors contracted. So the extra 6', you're not liable. If it was a boundary taken, yeah go to town on it, but a boundry given....

[Citroënbender]

In two weeks, this job will be at the 2½ year mark. Still not occupied. I genuinely will not be surprised if the structure has a short or zero life in service - it will be seen as “tainted” by many in the community now.

Today, they’re pondering the water ingress. Unsurprising, considering the competence and planning involved in construction.

[marty351]

Can the council condemn this "house"?

[Citroënbender]

Not really, they’d nail mine first.

It’s repairable but the incoming migrant community want new, unblemished houses - this is now something of a spectator object due to long delays and periods of total neglect. It’s no longer new, I know the rumours swirl (have heard some, all wrong) and now it’s got issues implicit to the lay person’s view.

[Citroënbender]

Another job literally behind my place, yalla-yalla crowd this time; rushed the concrete slab and now butchering holes in it for plumbing. This is unbelievable. What happened to the principal contractor double and triple checking everything before pouring?

[marty351]

If all goes to "plan", you could write this fracas into a comedy and win an Oscar.

[Citroënbender]

The final, flawed, result. Two buildings on separate titles, sharing walls and ceding easements to each other. How would you feel about a neighbour’s rainwater charging through plastic pipes concealed in your garage?

The resulting requirement for negotiation and concomitant liability is little different to a strata plan in effect. This disgrace took three years to brew, it reflects on the lack of competency throughout. It remains neither occupied nor re-sold.

The need for easements would have been wholly avoidable had the contractors plumbed in advance for stormwater, and used parapet walling/box gutters instead of an overhanging eave where nominal boundaries met. This requires only: Experience, common sense, a little intelligence, ability to read plans and push back against stupidity.

[.:4:.]

Had my electrical provider send someone out to change my meter today.
Ive done plenty of meters in my time when i was on the tools.
The bloke didnt mess about. So power off for 40 minutes, after he left i had a squiz. There was a bit of a re jiggle of the mains.
Thing is though, whilst nobody ever looks in the box, now even less as the new meter has an antenna so is remote read. Surely the power could have been left off for another minute to put a level on it. I do like the big red captain obvious sticker on the panel though. The yellow sticker was unstuck and on the grass. The yellow one said may contain asbestos. The red one the bloke stuck on the panel says contains asbestos. Sweet, its fire retarding.

[roKWiz]

Thought CB might like this.....

Whats wrong with this picture.



Here's a clue.



This is what happens when an engineer neighbour wants to help without consulting the recommended building technique supplied during consultation.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Thought CB might like this.....

Whats wrong with this picture.

image

Here's a clue.

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This is what happens when an engineer neighbour wants to help without consulting the recommended building technique supplied during consultation.

Maybe it's coz I'm an engineer, too (), but I don't get it?!?!

[FTE217]

The roK has got us on a "Wiz" for I'm at a loss as well LOL.....
I can tell something is a miss but why don't we have 2 same pics and spot the diff option

[Tonz]

i suspect the top red circled bracket is 90* off the bottom one.
and the middle metal plate has a black cross

nah nah...the first pic is the gate hanging on a post out from fence, maybe the gate is supposed to hang from the gate.....somehow

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

This is much harder than wordle!

[roKWiz]

Ok you jokers, the gatepost is suppose to be set in further to allow atleast 150mm of stone to surround it (therefore being hidden with just the gate hanging points showing. Like picture 2.

No this guy gets to work with......

1. the steel 100X100mm gatepost is to close to the gate hinge.
2. the footing aren't wide enough to build a 500mm thick wall.
3. he went ahead and had the expensive gates made first before allowing the wall to be built. Against all my recommended drawings and conversations.



It was not the (not well) owners fault but he let some bloke (his stupid no it all friend) get in his ear about doing it the alleged right way, then proceeding to cock it all up.

There's only 2 ways to fix this now, the wall must be built on the inside of the posts (gateposts exposed) with said walls being only 400mm thick.
He couldn't explain any of his actions to me about why he did it this way which makes it even more infuriating. Except to say the guy with the excavator only had a 400mm wide bucket. f*ck me.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Ok you jokers, the gatepost is suppose to be set in further to allow atleast 150mm of stone to surround it (therefore being hidden with just the gate hanging points showing. Like picture 2.

No this guy gets to work with......

1. the steel 100X100mm gatepost is to close to the gate hinge.
2. the footing aren't wide enough to build a 500mm thick wall.
3. he went ahead and had the expensive gates made first before allowing the wall to be built. Against all my recommended drawings and conversations.

image

It was not the (not well) owners fault but he let some bloke (his stupid no it all friend) get in his ear about doing it the alleged right way, then proceeding to cock it all up.

There's only 2 ways to fix this now, the wall must be built on the inside of the posts (gateposts exposed) with said walls being only 400mm thick.
He couldn't explain any of his actions to me about why he did it this way which makes it even more infuriating. Except to say the guy with the excavator only had a 400mm wide bucket. f*ck me.

You should know by now Engineers; were put on earth to torment tradies!

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Itsme

You should know by now Engineers; were put on earth to torment tradies!

and architects. btw I consider myself a Craftsman not a tradie !

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Itsme

You should know by now Engineers; were put on earth to torment tradies!

Hey, I resemble that remark!

[FTE217]

ROFL now I get it !
Fark this was a hoot, what I do find even funnier CB hasn't even entered the fray being your mentioned he'd like this one haha.....
roK I'd be asking for the screw up knocked down start again bad luck mate your cost.

Fox, way way better than wordle, more so that other thread in here people drop a word and you keep adding, that one at times has me in complete loss, thinking HTF did that guy come up with that lol......there is no sense or relation that I can figure out.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by FTE217

ROFL now I get it !
Fark this was a hoot, what I do find even funnier CB hasn't even entered the fray being your mentioned he'd like this one haha.....
roK I'd be asking for the screw up knocked down start again bad luck mate your cost.

Fox, way way better than wordle, more so that other thread in here people drop a word and you keep adding, that one at times has me in complete loss, thinking HTF did that guy come up with that lol......there is no sense or relation that I can figure out.

Done it in the past. I started building the wall behind the post today (its the only way out) been waiting for this job to be ready since early last year (bit like the signwriting stickers) and have swapped other jobs around to suit them, Tuesday was WTF day so made the decision no more waiting as the next few jobs will not fit in with more waiting.

Why don't people listen ?

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Yep, ok, now I see it. I guess when you have no clue as to what you're supposed to be looking for, it can be a bit challenging. Kinda like if wordle was made for any length word. Just guess a word. Any word

Yeah, strange decision not to follow the advice of the expert. And then to proceed without even at least consulting said expert first. But then, maybe that's the conservative engineer in me.

At the end of the day, your client has two choices, RW; pull it down and correct it, as FTE said, or just deal with the compromised aesthetics as you've suggested (does it impact function? Doesn't look like it would?). Seems to me that it's the customers choice on how to proceed from here.

Yeh, FTE, I sometimes wonder as to how others make a link. Of course, all my linkages are perfectly logical and others are all strange