These tradies are cowboys . I have never seen a mess like that in a bath or else where in over 30 years . The bath normally sits on a bed of concrete slurry or if it is a cast iron bath it should be supported by either feet or the hob. The bath should have enough room under the edges to allow the tiles to go under the lip so a proper silicon seal can be applied all the way around the lip of the bath. As for the insulation it is not necessary to have it wrapped in any water proof protection. If the water is getting onto the insulation then you have bigger problems and from the look of the photos this looks like a definite future possibility.I like to put insulation batts all the way around the bath to try to retain the water temperature for as long as possible,not many people do this though ,but the more you insulate things the better. Looking at your photos the pipework connecting the waste is broken off so the hob will need to have atleast one side pulled off or an access hole cut into it to connect the plumbing. I would be getting these plumbers and builders checked out,if the photos are any indication to go by then there would be other areas of faulty workmanship for sure, -sorry to tell you.

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Hi How2Girl, I appreciate your follow up! The Reece document is good - thanks - I wish there was something concrete in the Standards though. Worth notiing is that a shower over the bath needs the same wall-sheeting details as if it was a shower base. Also wall framing in the bathroom needs to be done to AS 1684.2-2010 Residential timber-framed construction - Non-cyclonic areas (Which the James Hardie 'wet area design book' is based on) Very frustrating that the Australian Standards are not readily available - ie FREE- or at least, latest copies at local libraries. How are we meant to build to standards when they are inaccessible. Another factor in determining the overall quality of the Australian construction industry Also what I've found frustrating in this instance is that other trades in my small town are unwilling to agree that the work is of very poor quality - there is an unstated 'brotherhood' at work. So Im going to have to engage an independent Building Certifier, probably from out of town. Of course,the cost for this will come off the builder's fees on a pro-rata basis for below-par work

HI again! I've spent the past few days visiting far flung industrial estates to look at where the CarbonLite product is manufactured and my friend's double/triple glazing factory. (I, too, am more comfortable with the panelised wall/floor/roof systems than modular, after visiting the Modscape factory...which was very impressive but ...not for me). On my travels I was a bit disappointed to find that the CarbonLite walls in the factory, ready to go out for construction, were not made with the 'recycled PET bottle' insulative layer but with glass wool batts. Also, some of my queries couldn't be addressed due to a lack of technical knowledge on behalf of the person I made a time to speak to at the factory. The fellow I spoke to the day before, who has a potentially rival business, was extremely knowledgeable and I'm hoping to work with him towards costing our house, which is still in the design phase. Our site has excellent views to the south east which is what got me thinking about triple glazed windows and now I have fallen down this rabbit hole of new ways of thinking... Nevertheless, I have become much more interested in the Passive House concept and intend exploring further to see if 1. we will be able to afford it 2. if we can find a skilled, Passive House certified builder for South Gippsland and, 3. if we can work out whether it is just a bit of a fad that may be overkill in Australia! Do you think Passive House is here to stay? I'm trying to reconcile the passive solar/passive house principles- I've been so bound to the idea of thermal mass it's a hard one to let go of! However, i do prefer not to live on a concrete floor! Having just read 'dreamer's' link I think I may have been bedazzled by the triple glazing fairy dust rather than our reality of not being millionaires! Habitech looks interesting but I think it comes with the external cladding and i don't love the versions I've seen so far... I am completely in agreement with you regarding designing a house with the space you need rather than building some voluminous thing with space to burn, just for the sake of it! Ridiculous and irresponsible on a planet that is already using up far more resources than is sustainable over the not-much-longer term.