10 year storms

Well the storms hit us hard. That night we didn’t sleep as we had water flooding our subfloor area and if we hadn’t continually bailed water would have flooded our downstairs rumpus, foyer, stairwell and garage. The AG line that had been installed in the subfloor area was not keeping up with the water that was coming in from the southern side of the house. Water was steadily making its way through a gap somewhere and travelling down to the lowest point in the sub floor. The next day the drainage guy came to troubleshoot and found that the AG line was severely blocked by brickies mud and was thoroughly incased by cement installed behind the rainwater tanks on higher ground. We insisted that a proper drain be installed at the lowest point of the subfloor that would take the water out of the property without having it pool and travel across the subfloor.

The water flow through the subfloor area has continually been an issue with this site and this was raised during the planning stages and continually throughout the build and we were assured that this would not be an issue with the new build, unfortunately this has not been the case. 

At the moment the subfloor area is very damp and does not appear to be drying out. The builder has been asked to find and seal the gap from where the water was coming to prevent a re-occurance of the river that we had that night and to also ensure that adequate ventilation has been installed to keep this area dry.

A couple of other issues also emerged from the stormy weather. Water dripping from the foyer feature pendant light (so water is somehow getting into the roof space) and no weather seals fitted to the laundry external door which means water was coming in under and flooding the laundry floor.

In a way would could say that this storm was a lucky for us as it highlighted a number of key issues that we would not have found.

Finally an interim!

After 6 longs weeks of waiting for certificates to be collected we were finally issued with an interim occupancy certificate. We took no time to organize a removalist and had ourselves moved in and settled within a week. Now we begin our 3 month (12 week) maintenance period where we note all issues that need to be rectified.

Our cable internet connection went really smoothly with the technician agreeing to run the cable to our new power pole and underground through to the house.