Corinthian Sunburst Front Door

Here is the Corinthian Sunburst front door and associated Gainsborough hardware we chose. We went with the Corinthian Pivot door system in full height 2340mm x 1200mm - the system gives the door that "floating feeling", especially given it's weight.  It's an expensive door at $3-$4k, given the 1000mm versions can be installed for $1k, but why not make a Grand entrance!

More details here

From Corinthian website, must be 2040 x 1200

Our Door... 2340 x 1200... nice!

Note - Gainsborough products can be seen at the Caroma Concepts Centre in each state.  

Mains switching pumps

We already had 2 x 2500ltr tanks, so all we needed was the pump to provide rainwater to the toilets as part of our energy star rating. Most builder's spec the Davey Rainbank series, in our case a KRBS2 internal pump. The internal pumps are used to reduce noise and may last longer as they are a sealed unit? I still wasn't certain which particular model I wanted based on capacity and whether it should be an internal or external unit in the event of maintenance, warranty, etc. A quick search and I came upon these comments on whirlpool.

The mains switching should not be electronic, in the event of a power failure (very rare) and the electronics in current systems tend to fail.

The AcquaSaver water diversion is hydraulically operated and seems to fit the bill nicely.

Claytech engineering partner their pumps with the AcquaSaver so I began to look at their CMS5A until I realised it's the same unit as a Leader LMS5A. Leader are sold by Bunnings, so I will get a friend to place a special order.

UPDATE: I overlooked something obvious. When flushing the toilet at night, an external pump will be noticeably louder. We've ordered the Leader LMS 6A internal pump with aquasaver water diversion and mounting plate.

Leader LMS 6A

Video Intercom Options

Our electrician quoted on the installation for a video intercom system and it seemed quite expensive. No doubt it was a good unit, but since I'd previously installed a cheap system in the old house and still had the camera mounted in the front fence (yes, we managed to keep most of the front fence during construction) I was keen to do this myself.

When you start looking around it seems that a lot of these systems are chinese branded products that can be purchased on ebay or advertised in bulk on alibaba. Quality tends to vary in these units, as evidenced by our previous model whereby the volume adjustment just didn't work, so I wanted to find a reputable brand or proven product. This is where I came across Samsung video intercoms. It seems that most people are impressed with the high resolution graphics and have only good things to say about them.

Samsung SHT-6810 from Digital Doorlocks (~$3k with automation backend requirements)

Samsung SHT-7507 + SHT-7171 + SHT-CN610 ($1100) < Will probably go with this one

Futuro is a proven Chinese unit by Videoman

Futuro 7.2M (ebay)

Goop Guys temporary window coating

Our Rylock windows were supplied without protective film on the glass, something to do with their handling policy. The protective film prevents the glass getting scratched during bricking and rendering. At the time we didn't think of it and asked for the film to be supplied along with the windows. We went to Rycon and asked them whether they could apply the film, but getting chippies to apply window film is not the best use of their time.

Whilst driving through a Mirvac estate in Wantirna we noticed advertising on the windows for Goop Guys. Goop Guys provide a great service applying water based peelable coatings to windows, benches, floors, baths and cars. David from our local franchise was really helpful in explaining the process and came onsite at just the right time to apply the coating to the ground floor windows after they'd been installed and the upstairs windows whilst they were still stacked downstairs. Application costs ~ $350-400.

As you can see here the windows have been installed, goop applied and the bricking is continuing.