The defects we record on Strathtulloh inspections, stage by stage
Our Strathtulloh reports cover every stage from slab to handover. Read together, they show a pattern rather than a list of random faults. The items repeat, they cluster at certain stages, and the expensive ones are almost always out of sight by the following week. Here is what we see most, in the order the house is built.
Slab
Holes in the vapour barrier left without a patch, pipes through the membrane without a sleeve or tape, the barrier stopping short of the beam base, and pods pushed into beams so they are narrower than the engineering requires.
Frame
Bottom plates hanging more than 10mm past the slab edge, truss loads landing on non-load bearing walls, bracing rods and tie-down straps missing, and a garage wall built in thinner timber than the plans.
Lock-up
Bracing cut by later trades, cracked and slipped roof tiles, torn sarking, unsealed roof penetrations and missing anti-ponding boards.
Waterproofing and fixing
Bath junctions lapped short of 40mm, thin bond breakers at shower hobs, membranes not taken into waste flanges, cavities packed with mortar and upstairs windows without restrictors.
Handover
Exhaust fans and rangehoods venting into the roof space, cut sarking, displaced batts, flashing junctions left open, weep holes too close to paving and leaking gutter joints, alongside the usual paint and grout items.
More about Strathtulloh
- Building a new home in Strathtulloh: the stages that decide how it lasts
- Buying a house in Strathtulloh: estate homes, acreage and what to inspect
- How Strathtulloh is growing: the Toolern plan, the station and the estates
- Building permits, the City of Melton and resolving defects in Strathtulloh
- Strathtulloh soil: basalt plains clay and why slabs and walls move
- Termite risk in Strathtulloh: estate homes, acreage and conducive conditions
- Strathtulloh site conditions: wind, grassland fire and planning overlays
Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Strathtulloh. Licensed building practitioners, Building & Plumbing Commission registration CDB-U 53425.
