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Pre Plaster Independent Inspection Report

My Pre Plaster Inspection was carried out by Branko from Building-Expert.net.au . I decided to switch from Houspect because I wasn't completely satisfied with the review process during the slab stage. I found that I wasn't really engaged, and it wasn't explained to me what the issues were, what fixes would be expected, etc. Essentially I paid the fee, got the report emailed to me and that was that.  With Branko, I organised to meet him on site so I could see get explanations on the spot on what the issues were. You will notice the photos are of a bit less than desirable quality. It is because his DSLR battery ran out and he had to revert to his iPhone camera. Such a bummer. For the brickwork, it wasn't washed yet and scaffolding was still up, so he couldn't report much except to say that it looked satisfactory. I happen to think the bricks were amazing but I guess satisfactory is good enough from his standpoint. He did note that expansion joints were all co...

Frame Issues (self inspection)

These are the issues that I spotted myself during the framing stage. It pays to go on to the site regularly so mistakes like these can be fixed early and easily. 1. Frame Overhang The one on the left overhangs by more than 20mm and the right is around 10mm. The standard compliance is 10mm but my site supervisor asked for both to be fixed whilst the concrete guy was there anyway.  You can see the right corner was fixed but left wasn't applied to all of the overhang.