We pride ourselves on providing you with a building inspection backed up with a comprehensive building inspection report that meet the Australian Standard AS 4349.1.
Building Defects We Look For In A Building Inspection:
Internal Building Inspection
- Ceilings and cornices for sagging, nails popping, defective lining, cracking, damp damage
- Internal wall finishes (load bearing and non-load bearing walls) for bulging, nails popping, out of plumb, cracking / crazing, loss of adhesion, blowing and pitting, cracked glass blocks / glazed partitions
- Floor finishes (e.g. polished wood, terrazzo, ceramic tiles or slates, but not a floor covering) for surface cracking / crazing, cracking at doorways, lifting, damp damage
- Windows/window elements for grazing putty, failed glazing seals, broken glass, sash operation, sash fittings and hardware, water staining, rotting wooden frames, corroded metal frames
- Door/door elements for defective door hardware, damaged doors, binding doors, loose / badly fitting doors, corroded / rotted frames
- Architraves/skirtings for fixing, damp damage
Fireplaces/chimneys for broken / missing grates or inserts, damaged timber/stone surrounds, damaged hearth tiles, smoke stains on fireplace openings, water stains on chimney breast- Kitchen bench tops for lifting, damage, water damage
- Kitchen cupboards for fixing, fitting / operation of doors, drawers and hardware, water damage
- Kitchen tiles for cracking, being drummy / loose, missing / cracked grouting / sealant
- Kitchen sink / taps for leaking trap & waste pipe, damage, operation, incomplete assembly, leaking traps
- Bathroom wall sheeting for fixing, watertight joining, damage
- Bathroom tiles for cracking, being drummy, fixing, missing or cracked grouting / sealant
External Building Inspection
- Masonry walls ( incl. face brickwork, block work, external render or stucco) for bricks fretting and spalling, mortar eroding, blocked / obstructed weepholes, cracking brickwork, corrosion of embedded steel, arch bars or lintels & associated cracking, movement, crazing and surface cracking, sheet spalling.
- External cladding for wind damage, rotted weatherboards, warping/ splitting and corrosion
- Damp-proof course / flashing for fixing, damage, corrosion, being loose, dislodged / deteriorated
- Windows / window elements for gaps to wall structure, sealing to junction between frame and wall, state of glazing putty, weathering, rotted timber, corrosion
- Slab floor finishes (balconies and patios) for damage, lifting and cracking
- Paintwork for effect of lack of painting on watertightness of external walls & parapets, blistering, flaking, cracking, peeling
- Chimneys for lack of chimney support, continuity and intactness within roof space, intactness above roof line, missing chimney pots / cowls, dislodgement or deterioration of flashings, mortar erosion, metal flue corrosion
- External joinery ( e.g. barge boards, gable ends etc) for fixing, badly weathered or rotted timbers
- Garage doors for fixing, badly weathered or rotted timbers, corrosion, damage
- Underside of roofing for corrosion, deterioration, watertightness
- Roofing for corrosion, secureness of fixing screws, lifting, damage, watertightness, pointing, state of ridge tiles, shell ends, barge tiles
- Skylights for leaking, damage
- Valleys for fixing, corrosion
- Flashings for being loose, dislodged or deteriorated, damage
- Rainwater goods ( including gutters, downpipes, and rainwater tanks) for fixing, damage, corrosion
- Eaves/linings for fixing, damage
- Roof insulation for fixing, damage
- Roof sarking for fixing, damage
- Termite shields for fixing, damage, corrosion
- Small retaining walls (non-structural) for cracking, movement, tilting
- Paths and paving for cracking, breaks, evenness
- Driveways for cracking, breaks, evenness
- Stairs and handrails for corrosion, rotted timber, safety
- Fences for fixing, being plumb, cracking & movement, badly weathered or rotted palings, corrosion, damage
- Site drainage for defective piping, possible drainage problems if the inspection is conducted during a prolonged dry spell.
Incomplete Construction
Items that normally form part of a completed dwelling that have been removed or never installed are noted.
Safety Issues
Any items that the Inspector observes during the building inspection that he thinks may be a hazard to safety are noted.