Damage to brick wall from salt, in Mount Gravatt, a Southern suburb of Brisbane. By Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service: Salt damage to brick wall. This can occur from the type of soil in the area. Also refer to my free information downloads regarding salt attack, for more information. Causes of [...]
Brick walls of house with salt damage, to Chapel Hill home, a Western suburb of Brisbane. Salt damage to brick walls. Identified by Peter Weddell owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service. Above photo shows significant deterioration to bricks of an external wall from rising damp and salts in the soil. Significant damage to bricks to [...]
Unlicensed inspectors mistakes, proved to be costly Unlicensed inspectors mistakes. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service. The following serious problems were not identified in a previous building inspectors report. Rusting flooring nails from seepage and rising damp. Seepage through a retaining walls and rising damp from the slab was causing [...]
Defect of rising damp to slab, in Sinnamon Park, a Southern suburb of Brisbane, Slab rising damp defect. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service Moisture meter gauge: Although the moisture meter readings were only slightly higher than usual, this can be misleading if it has not rained for a while. [...]
Concrete slab edge deterioration, around Brisbane Deterioration to concrete slab. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service. Heavy pitting has also occured to the slab surface most likely caused by type of soil in the area. The plastic membrane is not likely to have been wrapped around edge of the slab [...]
Insufficient ventilation causing dry-rot to sub-floor of house, in Cannon Hill, an Eastern suburb of Brisbane, Dry-rot from insufficient ventilation to sub-floor area. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service. Soil levels around the house were higher than the sub-floor level, allowing seepage and ponding of water. Mould is forming to [...]
Apartment with rising damp and seepage issue, in Fortitude Valley, an inner suburb of Brisbane Rising-damp and seepage to an apartment. Seepage & rising damp has occurred through retaining walls located on two boundaries of this apartment property. The walls where retaining soil were not appropriately drained and waterproofed, during their construction. Access to rectify [...]
Concrete slab deterioration, in the Springfield Lakes area, a Southern suburb of Brisbane, Deterioration to a concrete slab. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service. Rising damp to concrete slab edge of a new house causing deterioration. With closer observation you will see pitting of the concrete edge. Problems with rising damp [...]
