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Homeone.com.au has been an unending source of inspiration. I have learned so much in the short time I have been reading the forum. Everyone is willing to share (or show off) their homes, thoughts and experiences. One of my favourite threads is “show me your kitchen.” It is full of great kitchen photos and advice.

The people are lovely. They understand exactly what you are going through. Encouragement and advice is only one post away. There are no silly questions.

What I like most about this forum is that it is active, but not full of garbage. Aside from your standard question and answer threads, the forum also contains logs of people’s personal home building journeys. These logs are very informative, especially if it is your first time building because you are able to learn from other people’s experiences.

Your homeone journey does not end once your house is built. There are sections for interior decorating, landscape and garden design, renovations and extensions, DIY and home maintenance, and, home automation. These sections are equally as informative as the home building threads.


If you are building a home, or even debating over what style of window covering to buy, pop on over to Homeone.com.au and join the forum



P.S. If you are building a new home, make sure you read this thread, it is worth its weight in gold. When you are building your home, it is too easy to forget the little things. This thread acts to remind what not to forget.





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Design Dilemma - Ensuite Shower Screen

When we designed our ensuite, we forgot to ask one important question. What is the maximum width for a shower screen? According to our builder, the widest shower screen they will install is 1500mm. We wanted one that was 1910mm wide.

Our original bathroom design

What do you do when you are short 410mm of glass? Our builder suggested building a small wall/pillar. This pillar could go in one of three places: on the open end of the recess, in the middle, or on the right. My preference was to either hide it away in a corner or make a feature out of it.

I have been modelling our house using SweetHome3D. This is one of those times when having a 3D model really helps. Below are the three options for the placement of the pillar. Which do you prefer?

As suggested by our builder, having the pillar on the left
will provide additional support for the screen.

We could try to hide the pillar, by placing it on the right hand side.
This does mean that the shower screen will need some form of
roof/wall support on the open end.

Placing the pillar in the middle of the shower screen,
would provide a place to mount the bath filler.

Ventura has given us the option to install our own shower screen after handover. I have spoken to a few companies who install shower screens and opinions appear to be split as to whether a shower screen this big could/should be installed.

Who would have thought that 40cm of glass would be so troublesome? I must say thank you to everyone on the Homeone forum who has already offered an opinion and tried to help.


Update (20/07/2011): We have decided to accept a credit for the framed shower screen provided by Ventura. We will be installing our own frameless/semi-frameless shower screen after handover. Fingers crossed everything goes according to plan!