Browse Forums Building A New House Re: final hand over inspection-defetcs 8May 06, 2016 4:27 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: final hand over inspection-defetcs 11May 11, 2016 9:30 pm Leonardo_23 I disagree with BE that there is nothing you can do. Some building consultants actually climb into the roof cavity carefully (and this must be possible or you would not be able to rectify leaking heating ducts or insulation installation, or put in new lights and so on. Building consultants use the code for building inspections as an out, referring to reasonable access. These people do not want to do the hard yards(metres) or are not fit enough to do the work. Before you hire such a person, ask if they will carefully walk over the roof and get inside the roof. That will get rid of most of them. We are never going to agree on this and that does not bother me however before you start complaining about the code and it being used as an out perhaps you should have mentioned that you are complaining about Australian Standards Residential Pre Purchase Building Inspection is AS 4349.1 Timber Pest Pre Purchase Inspection Is AS 4349.3 Residential Building Inspection is AS 4349.0 All of these are subject to reasonable access(including safe access) I doubt that you ever were accredited for professional indemnity insurance (for pre purchase inspections)or else you would have to abide by your insurers guidelines and format and I doubt that you ever employed anyone as inspector for you are advocating breaches of OH&S Law. My guess is that you were a lone wolf inspector doing what you wanted to do regardless of your own safety. That's fine but don't advocate others do the same. Inspections are inherently risky and no one should take unnecessary risks. If I am employing an inspector I want him to work safely and go home to his family. I too want to go home to my family. That is not lazy. Once I watched young inspector crawl under a house without PPS even after I told him I would not because I could see from manhole sub floor space was strewn with broken asbestos sheets from prior renovations. Who was lazy and who was stupid? Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog If there have been changes, variations, during construction then the drawings should be revised, the building permit amended and the current, as built drawings given to… 2 4491 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98697 The significant date is when receive final payment invoice Check that section of contract Bit of fluff by builders prior to that 1 15952 |