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Happy Australia Day
25/01/2026

Happy Australia Day

Every Quantity Surveyor in June…
04/06/2025

Every Quantity Surveyor in June…

At the going of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember them.
25/04/2023

At the going of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember them.

Remember and honour all those who have served and are serving today
11/11/2022

Remember and honour all those who have served and are serving today

04/11/2022

What’s the ‘best’ Hot Water System for you?

When building a house most clients look only at the bottom line.

How much will it cost me?

So builders naturally quote based on the cheapest option.

But cheaping out on some items can cost you dearly over time.

And sometimes the expensive option is actually worse.

My first example of this is How Water Systems.

Here we go…

At Bunnings you can buy the following HWS units (all priced for similar sized family).

Gas $900
Electric $1,000
HeatPump $2,000
Solar $4,000

Install price is similar across the board at around $700-$1,100.

Each system type has its pros. For some it’s price. Others it’s running costs or even life expectancy.

But each have their cons too

Here’s what I mean:

An electric hot water system is cheap to buy but expensive to run.

A HeatPump HWS costs about double - fully installed - though barely makes a mark on the power bill.
-Paying for itself pretty quickly

But…
Servicing costs can make a big difference.

That electric system will need a service once every 4-years
About $200/service
= $500 over 10-years

Yet the HeatPump will need servicing every 2-years (if you’ve got the luck of the Irish).
About $300/service
= $1,500 over the same 10-years...if... your Heatpump lasts that long before dying completely.

+ I’ve heard HeatPumps can be so noisy that neighbour noise complaints can sometimes successfully force the owner to remove the HeatPump system.

Conversely, electric systems often function happily for 20-years.
…I was in Kallangur last week and a 1995 built house had a '94 stamped HWS.
I see this a lot.

Gas systems:
Gas is the cheapest of the lot. Though you may need to pay extra for the gas install certificate. And you may need to pay more for another gas cert. when selling.
Plus the cost of gas is growing rapidly.
And companies are struggling to fulfil deliveries due to staff shortages.
Meaning you may be without hot water for days, even weeks.

I had gas hot water at my last house and it was a pain.
-It stunk every-time the hot water tap was turned on. (the gas would seep through the windows and into the house)
-it would rattle and bang whenever it started up (instantaneous gas HWS)
-a blackout would mean no hot water because gas still needs electricity
-dealing with gas deliveries is a real pain when you have a dog

And that was when a refill only cost $120
It’s a lot more now.

Solar:
Solar HWS is great. Until it’s not.
They’re very expensive to buy but very cheap to run.
My parents have solar. It’s a huge system for just two people. Plus it has an electric HWS backup.
The electric backup is broken ($$) and doesn’t work.
…Even if it did work, there goes more money just to keep it ticking over.
What’s worse; even though it’s a big system for 2-people 3-days of cloud results in cold showers.

Not ideal.

So, the best thing to do is to get Electric HWS and power it through Solar panels. (Yes, solar will add about $7k to the total price but you’ll have free hot water and very low maintenance costs. Maybe even for 20+ years).

That’s just one example of choosing lower running costs over cheapest installed price.

Face brick vs Render is another.
But I’ll save that for another day.

29/10/2022

With everyone talking about massive build cost increases- there’s not been a lot said about maintenance costs.

But house upkeep bills are also through the roof.

And they’re not coming back down anytime soon.
-Not with such a shortage of tradies, shortage of materials and backlog of insurance repair jobs due to floods, fires and storms.

So… I’m putting together a series of ’how to’ posts to highlight where savings can be made when choosing building products for your new house (or renovation)

cladding: Hadri-plank Vs face brick Vs render is one🥊

Hot Water: electric Vs gas Vs HeatPump Vs Solar is another 🥊

📌Keep an eye out for them📌

A little something from my garden this weekend !
16/10/2022

A little something from my garden this weekend !

Queensland’s highest growth region - Pimpama - is set to be keeper of the Gold Coast’s Busiest Road title!Quite an effor...
02/12/2021

Queensland’s highest growth region - Pimpama - is set to be keeper of the Gold Coast’s Busiest Road title!

Quite an effort considering how busy the Old GC Hwy is

Nice work Brisbane!
01/12/2021

Nice work Brisbane!

Thinking of all our ADF members today - past and present
10/11/2021

Thinking of all our ADF members today - past and present

Construction on the new church in Hillcrest is progressing well. Not long now till it’s handover!..another successful pr...
25/01/2021

Construction on the new church in Hillcrest is progressing well.

Not long now till it’s handover!
..another successful project for us at WRCQS

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