TH4 Studio Pod 4m

Yes, this is the first pod size where a bathroom corner fits without swallowing the room. The wet area is built in at the factory, so it has to be ordered that way rather than added later. It arrives with hot and cold inlets and a waste outlet on the outside wall, ready for a licensed plumber to tie into your sewer or an on site system approved by your council.

It depends on your council and on how the room is used. A non habitable backyard studio or office is usually assessed differently to a secondary dwelling, and the rules change from state to state and even between neighbouring councils. We cannot promise an approval outcome. What we do supply is the structural drawings, specifications and compliance documentation we hold, so your certifier or town planner has what they need for a DA or CDC application (a development application or a complying development certificate, the two council approval routes).

It travels as one finished piece on a truck and is craned onto your prepared slab, footings or screw piles. Check the crane standing area, overhead powerlines, tree branches, gate widths and any right of way before you order, because access is the thing that most often adds cost. Send us photos of the approach and we will tell you whether a standard crane truck can reach the spot.

A reinforced concrete slab is the usual answer, and screw piles work well on sloping or reactive ground where you want to avoid excavation. We supply the bolt pattern and load points so your slab or pier layout can be set out before the unit lands. Footings are designed by your engineer to suit your soil classification (the site test that grades how much your ground swells and shrinks with moisture), because that is a site specific call that has to be made locally.

The unit arrives pre-wired to AS/NZS 3000 with an RCM marked switchboard, and plumbed models come with hot and cold inlets and a waste outlet on the outside wall. A licensed electrician connects the power and a licensed plumber ties the waste into your sewer, an on site system approved by your council or a holding tank. Both connections must be certified by the trade doing the work.

Build time is normally around 20-30 working days from a signed order and approved drawings, then around 20-30 transit days of sea freight to an Australian port, including customs clearance and inland transport to your block. Allow a total 40-60 delivery days door to door as a working figure. We confirm real dates against factory capacity when you order, because lead times move with demand and shipping schedules.

The walls are 50 mm PU foam cored panel and the windows are double glazed, which is a long way ahead of a tin shed, but a glass fronted room in full sun still needs help. Most owners add a small reverse cycle split system, and the dedicated 15 A circuit is there to run it. Orientation matters too, so face the glazing away from hard western sun where the block allows.

Warranty terms are set out in writing with your quote and repeated in the supply agreement. The structure and the weatherproof shell are covered for a longer term than fixtures, fittings and appliances, which carry the warranties issued by their own manufacturers. Claims are handled through us rather than direct with the factory, and we keep the build documentation on file so you are not chasing an overseas supplier.