Timing stage inspections around a Kalkallo build program
When to book each stage on a Cloverton or Kallo build, how much notice the inspector needs, and how to keep the supervisor on side.
Windows, doors, roof and brickwork are on, the walls are still open, and every service runs where you can see it.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
At lock-up in Kalkallo we regularly find bracing cut by trades running services, cables lying on gas or hot water pipes, crimped ducts in the roof and brickwork sitting past the slab edge. Plaster hides all of it within days.
Annotated findings from Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspections.
1Bored piersWhile the holes are open, before concrete arrives
2Slab pre-pourThe day before concrete, steel and pods all in
3FrameTrusses fixed, before wrap and roof covering
5FixingPlaster, doors and cabinets fitted, before paint
6WaterproofingMembrane cured, before the tiler starts
7Pre-handover (PCI)At practical completion, days before handoverWhen to book each stage on a Cloverton or Kallo build, how much notice the inspector needs, and how to keep the supervisor on side.
Why missing bracing and trusses on internal walls keep showing up at frame stage in Kalkallo, and what each means.
Top bars, cover, chairs and laps: what we check on a Kalkallo slab the day before concrete.
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It is the last look inside the walls. Services, bracing, noggings and flashings are all checked before plaster covers them.
We note visible clearance problems such as cables against pipes. We do not test or certify wiring; that is for a licensed electrician.
Bracing resists wind load on the house. A cut brace has to be repaired or replaced to the bracing design.
Yes. Anything from the frame report that is still open is listed again.
AS 1684, AS 4773 for masonry, the National Construction Code and the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015.
Around one and a half to two hours on a typical double storey home.