Franchise Building Company Debate

[Akzle]

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My brother (joiner) imported board direct from china at one point and even with the fuckery it was considerably cheaper than the same board sourced localy.

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mr winstone might have words to say about that >_>


fuken asshole

[husaberg]

mr winstone might have words to say about that >_>


fuken asshole

Its fletchers you nong............
there hasn't been a Winstone involved for 30 years or more.

[Akzle]

I hate those house porn programs on TV.

dunno... they keep a lot of dum "builders" employed...

assholes think "i'll just reno the bathroom... and add a spa room, and another level to the house.. that's a weekend project ehh"

[Ocean1]

No truck required. They are all on the shelf at The Home Depot.
http://www.homedepot.com/s/window?NCNI-5
You cunts are still in the dark ages.

Yep, there y'go, a complete house set of windows for about half of the extra cost imposed here by the mandatory change to double glazing standards.

And the Commerce Commission think their job is to prevent "dumping"

[R650R]

I recently assisted a customer with freight who had privately imported a set of double doors glazed witht he little windows all over, white picket fence house kind a style, think he paid 20 GBP for them, they were fairly mint.
He had these along with several old style oven ranges, tiles on top of two trailers piggybacked into container.... I must go have a coffee and catch up with him.
Looking for some bi fold doors here price start around 2k by the looks and that's secondhand.....

Glad I bought and didn't build....


BTW thread hijack, what sort of cost for knocking out interior wall and moving to rearrange and make a bigger bathroom etc.....

[Honest Andy]

BTW thread hijack, what sort of cost for knocking out interior wall and moving to rearrange and make a bigger bathroom etc.....

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moving a wall is fairly easily priced, it's the "etc" you mentioned that'll get ya. You'll probably need a sparky to move the light switch and a turd-burgler to shift the vanity and a flooring guy etc etc. All pretty easy once you get stuck in, but you better have a spare bathroom in the meantime

P.S. Interior walls are sometimes structural. Don't pull out a structural wall without professional help.
But if you are absolutely certain that the wall is just a partition... we could all give ya a hand Saturday...

[TheDemonLord]

I'm just going to say - at some point I'd love to build my own house.

Custom Drum rooms with raised floors, doubke doors and acoustic insulation aren't coming up in Trademe too often.

[Honest Andy]

I'm just going to say - at some point I'd love to build my own house.

Custom Drum rooms with raised floors, doubke doors and acoustic insulation aren't coming up in Trademe too often.

Drum room? Get a place near the coast, like an old gun emplacement...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I recently assisted a customer with freight who had privately imported a set of double doors glazed witht he little windows all over, white picket fence house kind a style, think he paid 20 GBP for them, they were fairly mint.
He had these along with several old style oven ranges, tiles on top of two trailers piggybacked into container.... I must go have a coffee and catch up with him.
Looking for some bi fold doors here price start around 2k by the looks and that's secondhand.....

Glad I bought and didn't build....


BTW thread hijack, what sort of cost for knocking out interior wall and moving to rearrange and make a bigger bathroom etc.....

DIY that shit. WCGW?

(best hope that wall isnt load bearing... but whatever)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Drum room? Get a place near the coast, like an old gun emplacement...

a BIG Room with mics at the end you'll sound like John Bonham

[ellipsis]

I'm just going to say - at some point I'd love to build my own house.

Custom Drum rooms with raised floors, doubke doors and acoustic insulation aren't coming up in Trademe too often.

...you're a drummer?...forgive me for any negative things I may have posted on your opinions...I had no idea of the seriousness or cause of your affliction...

[Ocean1]

Drum rooms with raised floors,

There's been a few built out of unused bulk storage tanks. I remember seeing an article about development of a pair on a shoreline somewhere, was on the market recently.

I could probably do that conversion inside six months, and the original structural requirements for the tank make it's use as a dwelling a non issue.

Now, the ticket punching parasitic requirements.....

[Akzle]

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BTW thread hijack, what sort of cost for knocking out interior wall and moving to rearrange and make a bigger bathroom etc.....

five bucks and a baggie mate. i'm right into that shit.



depends if it's a bearing wall or not, how much you can remove and how much you'd then have to brace or support. then there's reinstating ceilings and flooring. depends if it's gib or weetbix or t&g kauri

[Akzle]

I'm just going to say - at some point I'd love to build my own house.

Custom Drum rooms with raised floors, doubke doors and acoustic insulation aren't coming up in Trademe too often.

what you want is (presumably) an anechoic hedron, double skinned walls with offset studs, floating floor, either carpet it (cheap) or get acoustic tiling (expensive)


fucken cunt to frame up. but i'll tots do that for you.

[Moi]

I hate those house porn programs on TV but I watched the one of the VERY expensive queenstown house. They imported their windows from Chermany. Triple glazed with thermal breaks. Massively expensive.

They also imported wooden cladding from fucking Estonia.

It was the numerous comments made by "look at me and my money man" about being "refugees from the Christchurch earthquakes" that really annoyed me... what about the thousands who can't move from Chch to Queenstown for any number of reasons!

The house the architects had built was far more interesting to me... mid Central winter and the house is 22°C inside and it's all by passive heating and good technology.