Lintel tie-downs on a Sunbury frame
Why the beams over your windows need their own fixings, and what we found missing.
With doors, joinery and mouldings in, a Sunbury fixing inspection checks how straight, level and sealed the house is before paint.
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Our Sunbury fixing reports keep returning to brickwork and levels: courses overhanging the slab by more than 15mm, walls out of plumb, slab levels past the tolerance and window flashings not seated against the bricks.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections.
1Bored piersOnce piers are bored and cages placed, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before concrete, with steel and pods exposed
3FrameWith frame and trusses up and the roof on, before wrap and cladding
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)Roof, windows and outside doors in, before plasterboard
6WaterproofingMembrane on and cured, before the tiler starts
7Pre-handover (PCI)Around a week before the handover dateWhy the beams over your windows need their own fixings, and what we found missing.
How loose waffle pods shrink the beams in a Sunbury slab, and how to catch it.
The water details that close over at a Sunbury lock-up, and the ones we keep finding open.
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A course projecting more than 15mm past the slab edge loses support and can let water track under the wall. The Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015 treats it as defective.
With a level and straightedge against the tolerances in the Guide, so each item is a measurement rather than an opinion.
Without them, roof water lands beside the slab during construction, which can wet the ground under the house.
Yes. Cabinets are looked at for fixing, alignment and any damage. Benchtop joins and doors are reviewed by hand.
The builder works through the list before painting, and items can be reviewed again at handover.
About one to two hours.