Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 20, 2017 10:26 pm We are considering an inspection at pre-pour stage - prior to concrete pour, frame stage and final stage. The cost for that woud be approx $1500 in total. Any advice? Should I do all or skip some stages? Please share your ideas and experiences! Joelleg6 Our build thread - Acacia34 by Orbit Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81316 http://bordoncasaacacia34.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Advice needed - what stage to do independant inspection? 2Jan 20, 2017 11:55 pm We're doing four inspections -- plate height (double brick walls completely up), roof structure completed, lock up and PCI. Construction methods are a bit different on your build to ours so I'm not going to comment on that but after a few issues with our first build, the problems I see with new builds in my line of work (I handle home insurance claims) and given the huge financial investment of building a house I definitely see a lot of value in doing inspections. Just make sure you choose a reputable registered builder because unsure if other states have requirements on building inspectors but in WA you don't even have to be a registered builder which is going to reflect in the quality of your inspections. Follow our build with Express Two Storey (Ventura Group): viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85122 Re: Advice needed - what stage to do independant inspection? 3Mar 30, 2017 10:42 am Its ideal not to skip a building inspection stages. We used to hire http://www.brenthenessinspections.com/ for our inspections before since he is located in NSW. His area focused are Lake Macquarie, Central Coast, Newcastle Hunter Valley, Maitland, etc.You might want to contact him for your inspection needs. Cheers! buildX Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 7187 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7167 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 98859 |