Newbie2017 Please lodge a complaint with the Building commission in your state
also ...Charging clients (Gouging) $2000 extra over for what should be…

i was under the impression that the noggins also served as a fire break to stop the wall cavity acting as a chimney
or is this only in balloon framing

aussieta I think you are on the right track in that the structure needs to be analysed in its entirety.
OT How to deal…

It sounds very much like a performance Solution as allowed under the Building Code of Australia (BCA) hierarchy.

Australian Standards are Deemed To Satisfy (DTS) Solutions but they must be either…

OP asked about legal advice. Does advice from a building expert constitute legal advice?

Our build is covered by a standard HIA contract, but cost plus rather than fixed price. Drawings…

Newbie2017
The days where builders just cover things up and treat clients like mushrooms are gone & here's why
1. Clients are able to…

The pictures appear to show the horizontal strap is only on one side of the stud (same side as cross bracing) with what I would assume is a couple of…

IMO, nogging is there to stop the stud from twisting and in the same way, cross bracing is there to keep the frame square. As long as the strap is…

Newbie2017, it sounds like you need the services of a very good building consultant to do your stage inspections.
With the increasing proliferation of Performance Based Solutions (formerly Alternative Solutions),…

Wow! Now I've seen it all. A builder refusing to put in Noggins. What a tool (excuse the pun)
Kindly refer your builder to AS 1684.4, being the Australian standard on…

newbie2017 ask the builder for the framing details and then have them check by an independent Structural engineer
I am seeing way too…

lol relax, its just temporary, the nogging will come.