Kwality Konstukshun

[Clinton1]

I doubt half of you even know what a Building Surveyor is.

I'm getting a suspicion that it involves being arrogant and rude.

I will come back when im in a better mood

Or try calling 13 11 14. Its free, confidential and 24 hours.

[ozwinner]

Why is this thread attracting these people? Wouldn't be the same guy, would it?

Wouldnt be Stoppers reinventing himself would it.?? :confused:

Al

[pharmaboy2]

OMG! What is this, a school playground or something! 2 new members post calling a spade a spade (probbaly a little less than subtle) and the place turns into some sort of witch burning.

Granted, its not a thread about advice, but it would be easier for those looking for opinions if people generally commented on things they know about, and perhaps leave obvious engineering points to people vaguely qualified to comment.

On topic;- the worst example of poor building practice on this thread is the use of polystyrene on a ground floor wall - I'd bet money that the builder wasnt a bigtime builder - they might build to a minimum (hidden work) standard - but they arent likely to build so that they get to spend money on rectification; and polystyrene is sure to end up in rectifiction work when used on the ground floor.

[Dan_574]

Polystyrene on the bottom floor, do you mean the cladding, if so hasnt it got a hard outer shell and is then rendered , so its pretty hard.

[pharmaboy2]

Yeh, on the bottom story - theres a post about it in this thread. The render AFAIK is usually acrylic and VERY thin anyway so doesnt make it hard when you're talking a cricket ball, or even a footy. Finished more like plasterboard than traditional brick rendering

edit - hardness depends on how it is applied, some require fibreglass re'inforcing which makes a difference - my neighbour used a non glass reinforced version but only on the upper story, the lower story got aerated concrete panelling.

[Auld Bassoon]

I gaurantee i have had more expeirience and education than most of you but still learn new things constantly and there is only so much information one can keep in their head.

Well that my 2 cents worth

One wouldn't guess that from the grammar and spelling, much less the approach taken on a first post....

[echnidna]

I find some of your posts quite amusing, especially some of the advice given out by those who think they know it all.

I notice that very few of the tradies seem to disagree with you

Though some of the gang seems to need a good blue now and then,
maybe its time they should hop into the restricted area and have a good barney