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10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

There are many methods which bricklayers can adopt to prevent big chunks of mortar from collecting behind the brick walls. Just google and you will see that it is not…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

I escalated the matter to the project manager and met him at the site. As expected, he downplayed the defect and said that all houses were built this way. He…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

I checked out the brickwork of other houses which are being built near me, and the wall cavities also contain excess mortar, with lumps touching the sisalation wrap. Lots of…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Knock Down & Rebuild - Melbourne Eastern suburb

Hi, I find this thread interesting as I also knocked down an old house in the south east suburb and is in the process of building a new one with…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

I read my original post and need to clarify that the mortar is touching my sisalation paper as well.
The mortar touching the sisalation wrap can allow water to…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

There are no eaves to most part of my house except the front. One side of the house is quite close to the fence and may be slightly protected from…

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Site supervisors

Builders advertise quality homes, but they hire crap site supervisors who are willing to compromise on quality to rush to finish the job!
My recent building inspection reveal lots of junk…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

Due to the excess mortar bridging the cavity and touching the sisalation paper, I read that during wind-driven rain, water can travel from the bricks onto the sisalation paper via…

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Unsupervised sub-contractors

I am building with a bulk builder and has realised that the building works were on "auto-pilot" and badly supervised. Basic things like the position of the windows were wrong…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Mortar in cavity wall

I just had an independent building inspector look through my house which is in post-Lock Up stage.
He noticed that throughout the entire brickwork, excess mortar has fallen behind the…

10 years10 yearsant14ant14 posted:
Builder fails to follow plans

I am building with a volume builder in Melbourne. The builder has failed to install the facade windows according to plans. Instead of abutting the eaves, the windows are several…

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