Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 2Oct 14, 2021 7:30 am 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: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 10May 05, 2022 9:06 pm We are Expert Consultant's, and we are here to help. Re: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 12May 07, 2022 2:31 pm We are Expert Consultant's, and we are here to help. Re: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 16Aug 29, 2022 9:52 am 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: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 19Sep 08, 2022 12:12 am Utilitarian I wonder if this is going to become a group of houses left exposed to rain with structural defects emerging after building warranty expires and home owners find themselves having to rebuild with no compensation and hard to sell the house. More rain ahead, was tempting to buy a big house tarp 25m x 25m to put over whole house like they use on renovations but it could be difficult to do without scaffold for 2 story home, may be mitigate the damage by painting over base plates with creosote or other preservatives that are commonly used on pine timber any way so as not to void timber warranty. Hope this strictest private inspector in town will insist on mold treatment and may be reinforce rotted studs with new timber or we just pay for the remedy now rather than fix after move in. We did contact frame and truss manufacturer who recommended the tarp or get roof sheets on but builder wasted the tarp and says roof will get in the way of brick layers and has to do things according to contract stages etc. The timber supplier refused to comment and referred us back to builder who does not respond. We have been fighting with the builder a bit so have to try to put things in perspective to him. There are other builders who are willing to take over the job but may cost a bit more to finish which may be worth it if we can get out of this contract without years delay. May be we can delay process once the roof is on so not impact on the weak frame and get those particle boards replaced, builder was going to paint them with water proofing but did not. Sounds like you got real timber floor boards and not particle board so may not rot through and your frames were saved with roof in time. We have been watching other building sites in town, some are exposed and there is one sister home nearby who had frames in the rain for similar length of time but they did not have such deep pools of water on slab after the rain. any news on this? Re: Frame exposed to weather for 6 months 20Sep 08, 2022 1:46 pm still waiting for the roof and found some mold developing on some studs that are mostly soaked and too much to scoop out, also just commented on Structaflor This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28512 This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 9139 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi all, My neighbour has built his 15m long garage on our boundary. It was agreed as part of the planning permit that the wall must be in exposed recycled brick. For some… 0 11078 |