Here is a site you may recognise.
The shops are no longer there, but the phone box is.
Clue: You are looking toward the West.
Here it shows the shops gone, and something magnificent about to be built.
When you turn your AC on, does it only blow air without the Cooling or Heating?
There may be a quick fix for it that will save you calling a technician.
Step-1 Outside near the compressor unit, turn the power OFF.
Step-2 Wait 30 minutes (This will allow the system to fully reset).
Step-3 Turn the power back on and try again operating the inside unit.
If it now cools, clever you.
Thanks go to Barry Mc. for the great tip.
Here we show the three types of Garage Remotes that you might have been issued. Also we show what battery they may use.
When your battery gets low, the indicator light that shows when a button is pressed will blink or flicker. That signifies it is time for a new battery. A steady light will show the battery is okay.
TPG Has a great offer at present for new subscribers to the Fibre To The Building (FTTB) here at Waves Redcliffe. The first six months are Free. Yes $0 per month. You only pay $10 for a modem/router delivery.
Click the image to see the TPG site where this offer is available. You will need to pay a $10 delivery fee for a new WiFi modem they will supply.
As more units get connected to the TPG FTTB, we will possibly have the fibre connection upgraded to be capable of 500 Mbps, but for now the maximum available speed at Waves is 100 Mbps. And that’s plenty fast enough.
Due to a large area of balcony tiles tenting a few weeks ago, and an inspection by a Tiler to assess the best option for repair, we opted to do a complete retile. Our unit is on the North of Waves and gets significant sun in the winter. Tiles expand more than the concrete slab beneath and they become un-stuck. The unit directly below us had the same issue a few years ago and had to do a complete retile of their balcony.
We found a nice grey replacement tile at Tile Merchants, in Virginia. Size is 450mm square. The colour is slightly darker than the original tiles, and very close to the shale-grey used around the Waves building.
Step one was to have the air conditioner disconnected and stored away from the balcony. This proved more costly than anticipated, but was necessary.
Then we had to clear the balcony of all our furniture and plants and storage boxes. Luckily we had room in our parking bay for some of this temporary relocation of “stuff”.
The start day arrived and we had a skip bin delivered to get rid of the old tiles and dust. This was an extra expense we were advised of as we had to organise the bin.
Having previously had bathroom renovations, we were mindful of protecting our flooring. We found a roll of temporary floor protection at Bunnings. We had a path from the lift to the balcony doors.
Jack hammering started about 8:00am on Monday. By about 11am all the tiles had been lifted. The crew left that afternoon and cleaned up the tiles the next morning and dumped them in the skip bin.
Next stage was to sweep the area ready for grinding. They only ground back to the glue/screed layers ready for levelling and application of waterproofing. Two applications of waterproofing were applied over two days using “Hydra Ban Slurry”.
The waterproofing was done with 2 coats of Hydra Ban Slurry. It looked very effective once it had soaked in and dried.
Here we show the waterproofed area during drying, ready for some levelling fill and then the new glue and tiles.
Three rows along the balcony edge are done on Day-4. Looking great.
A closer photo of a completed area, ready for grout on Day-5.
As I post this article we are at the end of Day-4. Tomorrow will be the grouting of the tiles, which should be done by lunchtime. Then on Day-6 they plan to return to finish off with some sealant around all the edges. All in all it took less time than expected and the workmanship is great.
Should you want a quote for your balcony then the contractor we used was “Starsh”, and his phone number is 0431 165 919. He was recommended to us by “Tile Merchants” where we bought our tiles.
Today I spotted a large guest in the garden bed on the South side of the front entrances.
I think it is a skink, and it was about a foot long. Perhaps be wary when placing hands in the garden bed. I guess they bite!
JohnG
Update Monday 25-Sept. Several NBN suppliers now confirm that the service is available. These include Telstra, Optus, TPG, AussieBroadBand.
Update Friday 22-Sept. There are a couple of owners who have been advised by different NBN suppliers that an NBN connection is now available at The Waves. A check of the NBN website does not yet confirm that, but that may just be because they have not yet updated their web site. More details will be posted here as more concrete information becomes available.
On Friday September 15 2017 there was a public meeting, organised by the local Federal representative, Luke Howarth, held at the Redcliffe RSL.
Several “Waves” residents were present and the meeting was filled to capacity.
There were presentations from representatives for the NBN, for Telstra, and for Optus.
Very little new information was presented, but the question time did provide some hope that we will get good quality internet service from our NBN connection when it becomes available.
At the end of the meeting, there was a chance to ask location specific questions of the NBN representatives. This I did and after queuing for about 10 minutes I had a chance to enquire as to the present status of the NBN connection here at Waves. here is what I was told;
Regarding item 5 above:- (My opinion here) If you sign up NBN and have not pre-arranged to have a registered cabler install the necessary small wall-plate and coax terminus in your unit where YOU want it installed, then it is likely that when an NBN installer calls to do the install, the wall-plate will be installed near the power point closest to your front door. That lead-in is likely to be run down your wall in a conduit and be visible and unsightly.
If you want the new outlet close to where you have your current Modem/Phone/Computer, then you should organise the cabling before requesting an NBN service. Yes, it will cost you $$$s, but you will be assured of a connection where you want it and as neat and tidy as possible.
Update Tues 3rd October.
Unit 15 has had the cabling completed, ready for the NBN technician to attach the necessary HFC modem. We plan for that to happen late November, as we will be away until about then. The layout plan for our unit made it possible for our cable to be routed through the ceiling space to the laundry, Then it runs down the laundry wall in a neat channel, and then through the wall to a wallplate in our study area. Time taken by the cabler was 4 hours. Getting access to the laundry ceiling space was a fluke, as the wall panels seem to go all the way up to the concrete above. There was one small opening we finally found where a previous electrician had created a hole.
John Griffiths, U15
Update: Aug 22, 2017.. A recent set of tests of a connection using a replaced splitter box in the Electrical Room in Ground Floor Garage was done about six weeks ago. It may still have shown speed problems and so we still need to wait for NBN co to write to us when all is ready. Yesterday NBN co announced that they would be conducting testing in four locations around Australia next February using the latest HFC (Hybrid Fibre Cable) connections using the DOCsis 3.1 transmission. Maybe we will be one of those locations??? If so, then we will be assured of very fast broadband speeds.
There has been recent NBN activity along Marine Pde, heading this way from around Mon Komo.
It looks as if they are getting ready to bring the fibre optic cable along the street and maybe soon we will have an NBN connection to the building. The present indication is that we will get to use the Coaxial cable installed last year that was left coiled up in the ceiling in front of each apartment entrance.
More details will be sent direct to each unit owner in due course by the NBNco.
All the apartment blocks along Marine Pde are awaiting the new connection.
JohnG
These old photos show what was at the Waves site before construction commenced.
Use the phone box as a reference.
Thanks to John Dunn for sending in those photographs.
Alison Dunn reports that-
Waves now has it’s own lending library for books, magazines and DVD’s.
Many thanks Alison (U23)
See below for details.
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