The inspection went very well, there were quite a few items to come out of it, but we'll get to those. There were actually a series of frame issues that were also picked up that our first inspector missed which is a little disappointing.
It might be worth while getting a cup of coffee or tea before reading this MEGA update.
Lock-Up Stage
The list of things that were picked up during the lock-up inspection were:
- Fit infills above doors and windows where required.
- Fit infills to raised roof area.
- Clean bricks.
- Provide weepholes and flashing under all windows.
- Brickwork overhangs the slab by approximately 22mm at the Outdoor Area/Dining
- Room door – maximum overhang allowed is 15mm.
Articulation joints to the right hand side of the Outdoor Area and north wall of garage are not continuous. - Brick lintel above garage front door to be galvanised to match all other lintels.
- Rubber window sill gaskets are missing to the Sitting Room windows and the brick sills should have a clearance gap.
- Provide fascia and spouting above retreat window and complete roof cover.
- Door stud to left hand side of Bathroom door opening is not nailed to the bottom plate.
- Ensure bath & spa hob tops are flush and continue to window frame.
- Window and door frames to be installed to manufacturers requirements.
- Pack studs to wall under opening at Family/Rumpus – both sides.
- Explain partial roof sarking.
- Fit stud to left hand side Kitchen bulkhead.
- Ensure insulation is installed to manufacturers requirements.
- Provide trimming for plaster south west corner Sitting Room.
- Ensure all walls are straight, plumb, corners fixed and correctly packed.
- Ensure adequate bracing to internal wall frames.
- Ensure floor flashing is complete to both shower bases.
- Cut out Ensuite toilet door plate.
- Provide nogs for panel lift garage door.
- Ensure power points are as plan in Laundry and Bathroom.
- Replace odd coloured bricks (3), left and right hand side of front door (orange coloured).
Now for the issues:
You can see the brick below is a litle bit orange, the surface had been scraped away so it had to be replaced. I think the bricky must have thought that this area was rendered so he left it.

These are some bricks in the portico that were also damaged.

These were the bricks by the garage that had some surface damage.

This is the replacement bricks that were put in a few days later. They managed to grab one more brick that was slightly damaged but there isn't much I can do about it. I mentioned it to the SS and he basically said yeah if you look at them all they are all like that...which they aren't.


The waterproof skirting around the bathroom didn't go all the way to the showerbase esentially meaning that it may not be waterproof. This area was fixed, but another one wasn't.




I can't believe this was missed in the first frame inspection, however it is harder to pick it up without a roof etc. There is a whole stud missing from the kitchen to make it square. This is now fixed.










Plaster
It took us a couple of weeks to get to plaster after lock-up was meant to be finished. The main reason for this was due to the issues with the frame needing to be resolved. They got all of them except for a few minor issues, but building with a volume builder what do you expect. I trust that 99% of the issues are resolved that we picked up and the rest will be done in due course.
The house has now been rendered at the front as you can see below. This is just the prime coat of render, it isn't the final colours, it will be painted closer to completion.
As you can see below the plaster is now all in. The skirting boards are going in this week with plaster expected to be finished by the end of the week. The plaster actually looks pretty good, we'll see how the next inspection goes but it seems pretty straight. Most of that I think comes down to the fact our frame was made really well with good timber and it was already quite straight which has been commented on by the 2 building inspectors and also Metricon.
This is the view looking in from the front door. You can see that you can look straight through to the backyard which I really like.
It is funny how by writing this blog I realise how much stuff has happened in the last few weeks. Not seeing any progress between bricks finishing and the plaster for 2 weeks I thought nothing was happening but it appears as though things were busier than I thought.
This week hopefully all the cabinets should go in, next week we'll hopefully be painting and based on the estimates I've been given we should be in within about 3 months.
Our next door neighbours appear as though they are basically ready to move in, we got a letter today about the fences. That side of the fence will needs a wall to reinforce it which was included in the quote however I'm not sure how deep they are going to do it given that our soil needs to be built up quite considerably.
We also got a bill from Metricon for removing our rocks, they didn't ask us they took them and charged us about $300 but we were going to keep a couple for the front yard. I still need to work out if I'm going to pay it or argue that they should have told us first.
Hopefully next time it won't be so long between entries.
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