Category: Engineering
Glass is the key
Our beautifully designed homes like The Ruby include gorgeous floor to ceiling windows – bringing the outdoors in and creating open light filled spaces. Unfortunately some competitors of ours will use a low quality glass, and although the views may look great the cost is…
Concrete cracking? Not with Homestead Home Builders!
Cracked concrete can be an unsightly problem, even in new homes cracking can occur if the concrete slab is not designed and constructed correctly. This is a problem you will not have with Homestead Homes! As we have written previously we recommend and use Waffle…
Smartslab - the ultimate solution for sloping land
In our last blog post we spoke about Waffle Slabs, a modern engineered slab designed to meet Australian standards. This slab is a fantastic solution for homes we build on flat land – however for sloping land we use Smartslab. Smartslab is a unique and…
We use and recommend Waffle Slab
What is a Waffle Slab I hear you ask? Waffle Slabs are a reinforced concrete footing and slab system, laid on the ground in the first step of constructing your new home. When viewed from underneath a Waffle Slab looks like a Waffle, hence the…