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17.01.2022 Hello Facebook world! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This post will be around a recent Stage Inspection I completed in Officer, Melbourne.... Before I begin - what is a Stage Inspection you ask? A Stage Inspection is an inspection on a new home build, that is one of several inspections completed throughout the build, to check compliance and identify any defects, damage or incomplete work. In addition, a Stage Inspection is required for quality control. In my opinion, it is important to do these inspections in stages along the way to pick up any of the above issues, to rectify them immediately. We want a continuous flow of work, and for the new builds to move quickly and smoothly. Most importantly, it is much easier, and cheaper to rectify any defects earlier rather than later, hence completing these inspections in stages. Usual stages are bored piers (if required), pre slab (usually only required for conventional slabs), steel slab, frame, pre plaster or lockup, pre paint or fix, including (waterproofing) and then final / handover. In Australia, we have 4 mandatory inspections, pre slab, steel slab, frame and final. These are all extremely necessary, but we don’t have mandatory pre plaster or pre paint inspections. The pre plaster inspection is completed after the frame is completed and passed. It covers things like roofing, correct fitting of sisalation, checking fascia’s and gutters, eaves linings, external linings, window fitting, wall straightening, blocking out of the frame for plaster lining and penetrations through framing. I actually completed a pre plaster inspection for a client in Officer a few weeks back! It was on a good-sized block, on the hill on the north side of the highway with a really good view looking south. Everything went smoothly, apart from a few wall straightening issues I noted ( I’m all over those as an old carpenter!) and a couple of oversized cut outs in the frame for plumbing items. Oversize check outs or holes in studs and plates are structural defects and may compromise the structural integrity of your frame. These items may be missed by the very busy site managers, so this is why I feel pre plaster inspections by a private building inspector is very important. If you enjoyed reading this, please show my page some love. I will be posting more of these!

11.01.2022 Hi all, I hope you’re all keeping safe in these difficult times! Just thought I’d share a recent Dilapidation Inspection and report I did a few weeks ago!... It was on a very pretty single fronted terrace house in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne. Some background on the project - the builder who was demolishing the place next door requested the dilapidation report from me prior to starting the works. A lot of councils now require them, and if anyone is building on the boundary and is required to supply protection works notices to their neighbours, they are now mandatory. Also, a lot of modern, savvy builders and demolishers request them as standard thing as part of a legal safety net and to show their commitment as good responsible building practitioners. Some clients only require external inspections and others require both external and internal. So what is a dilapidation report? It is basically is a pre-existing condition report which is done prior to demolition or building works on a neighbouring property. This report is then saved usually by the builder / developer and the property owner and may be used after the project is completed to assess the condition of the inspected property after the project has been completed. In these inspections we carefully note and photograph (matching the description with its related photo) all significant visible existing defects, cracking and damage. Regarding this inspection, as mentioned, it was a very pretty renovated weatherboard place which needed to be carefully documented for the builder and also for the family who lived there. I found several cracked areas in the front hallway, living room and rear kitchen (in the building sidewall) to note. Take a look at some action shots!