Now I can see some speedbraces on the roof already:
left site of the house
No speedbrace at the backside yet, but probably they will finish putting all speedbrace today.
Sending email to the office that received the bill today and will process payment of frame stage by eft within 5 working days. Also ask the schedule for independent surveyor on frame stage. It is worthed to pay extra for the surveyor cause I think the frame stage is quite important, as all frames will be coverred with gyprocks and bricks, and we can't trace any technical issue after that. Totally different with slab stage, which we can see and judge the technical issue easily.
There is an email from office manager also with attachments about what required to be done on trusses to support 24 solar panels on the roof. She also mentioned that at the moment they don't know the dollar value for the work as there gonna be fair work to be done for that. I open the attachment, 5 pages explains that there are 7 trusses need to be strengthen by putting more support to the 4 webs on each trusses with another frame and batten screws.
Dollar value? When we started negotiation on the project, we have already told the builder that we will put on solar electricity and he said he will ask to strengthen the trusses for this purpose with no extra cost. I also write down on the carpenter plan to strengthen the roof for solar electricity installation. Also at many occasion we emphasize that we definitely will install solar electricity on the roof. Now they mentioned about dollar value.
I write back query and ask to include the work as frame part of the contract, the extra work on 7 trusses is a peanut work for his speedy carpenters.
The builder response directly and said that he manufactured the trusses on 31 March 2011, and we gave him the detail of frame composition on 14 April 2011. He mentioned also that writing to strengthen the roof on carpenter plan without detail is not enough. If we want them to strengthen the 18 trusses, it will go as variation otherwise we can do it later ourself after hand over.
Thinking that this is not the time for debating. When you face a problem like these, being humble and just throw some words that will hit the face, we do not have the right to judge, only He can do the judgement.
I wrote back mentioned that
we already emphasize in every occasion that we definitely install the panels and we gave the drawing on 16 April 2011 because we need feedback from the vendor. But how come he just coming back to us after more than 5 weeks (16 April 2011 - 23 May 2011).................................. I explain also that the work will be only on 7 trusses as what is written on the attachments from the engineer. I ended writing that we already include most works in the contract (flooring, aircon etc) and do want them to do this work as well and consider the cost of this variation for our tight budget.
Bring this to the prayer and let see later how much the cost will be.
Late afternoon the admin called inform about the detail of outdoor unit daikin ducted aircon, which had been asked a week ago. Apparently it is only 14.5KW capacity three phases. I had other quotation from independent vendor that we need at least 20KW capacity, so I told her that that capacity is too small for 3 meters ceiling with dark colour tile roof. I asked for a bigger capacity, and she said that company only provide this capacity, to upgrade for bigger one, we need a variation with extra $780 for 18KW. I think the extra cost is quite reasonable, so we settle this issue straight by signing the variation paper. I add one more vent to the ensuite with cost $360.- Happy with this result.
Hope their supplier can put the return air grill at the desired position around activity room or the coridor between bedrooms, not at the lounge as she mentioned at the first meeting.
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