House stumps rotting and problems they cause. Rotting of house stumps, previously inspected by an engineer carrying out a building inspection that concluded them acceptable and structurally sound! Accepting the report with its considerable understatment could have proved costly for the buyer. Peter Weddell produced a more accurate report on the true condition and [...]
Defects built into a New House and problems they cause. Learn how defects with new house design can cause short and long term problems for home owners. QBIS. Water entry to interior of new house is inevitable Poor design: Steps leading down to main entry of this new house are higher than living [...]
Causes of roof gable overhang to sag. Learn why sagging of a roof gable overhang occurs and how to alleviate before it develops into a more serious problem. QBIS. Poor method of supporting a gable overhang causing it to sag. I would not recommend this method of supporting a gable overhang in roof [...]
Costly inaccurate building inspection report Learn how an inaccurate building inspection report can cost far more than a decent inspection report fee, in rectification costs. QBIS. Examples of serious problems that were not identified in a sellers building inspection report. The sellers report was carried out by a well known nationwide company. Fortunately the [...]
How inferior plumbing can cause serious problems for home owners. Problems inferior plumbing can cause. QBIS. These fittings a common choice for a handyman because of ease of use, without the need for specialist tools to connect them. Not the sort of plumbing connections you would want in your roof or hidden within walls [...]
High-set houses and why they cannot be effectively converted to 2 storey without creating serious problems. Conversion of high-set house and defects they iccur. QBIS. Slab of a high-set house with high moisture meter readings. Rising damp most likely from lack of a plastic membrane below the slab. Moisture meter readings where much [...]
Ceiling plaster sheeting that is sagging, causes and recommendations. Learn the causes of sagging plaster sheeting and rectification required. QBIS. Unfortunately the majority of the ceiling plaster linings in these photos are beyond re-securing and would require replacing. Significant dropping of ceiling plaster Large gap between roof frame and ceiling plaster sheeting. This [...]
Building construction fault to unit in a large complex. This is an example of why a unit needs to be checked by an experienced building inspector to indentify a construction fault of Unit in a Complex. QBIS. Poor building construction and fault to unit complex. Here are photos of what an unprofessional construction [...]
Misleading advertising of Granny flat not suitable for living use. Non-legal living rooms. Ceiling height of sub-floor granny flat was 250mm below building code requirement of 2.4metres for a habitable area. The prospective buyer was mislead into believing he could rent out a non-legal living area to help pay off the mortgage. Without spending [...]
Potential for water entry into a new unit from a balcony. Learn why a unit-balcony has a drainage problem also some tips on alleviating. QBIS. Top of concrete below the balcony railing is higher than the inside floor level of the unit interior. Insufficient differences between level of the balcony and inside floor level [...]
Roof faults and associated problems they cause. What you need to know about faults with a roof and what to do about it. QBIS. Roof fault of sealant applied to sides of sheeting Definite indication of roof leaking on a regular basis. Consistent leaking of roof's is a major concern for causing rot to [...]
Learn how a home seller benefited by disclosing termite damage to a buyer. Benefits of disclosing termite damage. An important factor in helping the sale of this property go through smoothly, in a recent building inspection carried out by Peter Weddell. QBIS. This shows the importance of seller and agent disclosure that helped this previously [...]
What defects make verandas and decks potentially dangerous. Learn how decks and verandas with dangerous defects can be dangerous if not checked and maintained on a regular basis. QBIS. Here are some examples of Queenslander style houses with veranda's built using a similar method of construction to a deck that collapsed in recent years, [...]
Leaking roofs causing damage and what to look for. Leaking roof valley damage. Learn how roofs leaking causing damage can be fixed. Roofs leaking causing damage Leaking roof causing damage to a newly built house. Consistent leaking from a roof valley to a 5 year old house causing rot to some roofing [...]
Dangerous roof structure and practical solutions regarding rectification. Faults with roof and danger. Potentially dangerous roof. These roof trusses are sagging considerably with separation of gang-nail plates (securings to joints between the web member and the top chord of the truss). QBIS This very serious problem was unknown to the home owner/seller and required immediate [...]
