Where the garage beam lands
A beam support not sitting on its plate, found at frame stage in Pakenham.
Linings, doors and joinery are in. We check the details that are about to be painted over or tiled against.
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Fixing stage items in Pakenham tend to be small things with long tails: a water stop at the ensuite door that stops short, upper floor sheets short of screws, a kitchen window with no fixings along its base, pipes through wet area walls left unsealed.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections.
1Bored piersHoles drilled and cages set, concrete not yet ordered
2Slab pre-pourSteel tied and formwork up, the day before concrete3FrameWalls standing and trusses on, before wrap and windows close it in
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)Roof, windows, external doors and cladding on, before plaster
6WaterproofingMembrane on and cured, tiler not yet booked
7Pre-handover (PCI)About a week before the handover meetingA beam support not sitting on its plate, found at frame stage in Pakenham.
Plate joints bunched together and double walls left unjoined on a Pakenham frame.
What a slab pre-pour inspection checks in the steel, using findings from nearby Cranbourne East.
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Upper floor sheets short of screws or nails move and squeak, and the noise is hard to fix once carpet and tiles are down.
In a wet area it lets water behind the wall lining. It takes minutes to seal now and much longer to repair later.
Yes, we walk the outside too. Expansion joints filled with mortar cannot move, which leads to cracking.
No. Fixing is before painting and final trades. Pre-handover is the finished house.
One to two hours depending on the number of rooms.
AS 2589 for plasterboard, AS 3740 for wet areas, AS 3700 for masonry and the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015.