A balcony roof left standing on a builder's prop
Why a temporary post under a balcony roof at lock-up is a structural item, not a tidy up job.
Joinery, linings and the upstairs details checked before the painter starts.
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Fixing is the stage where safety items on the upper floor show up in Cobbitty. Recent visits recorded first floor bedroom windows without the 125mm opening restriction, balcony drainage not yet installed and balcony posts that still needed an engineer's certification. On the ground floor the usual list followed: architraves and door jambs not fitted, window infills incomplete and a concrete slab finishing short of the garage wall.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections.
1Bored piersHoles drilled and cages in, concrete not yet ordered
2Slab pre-pourSteel tied and plumbing through, the day before concrete
3FrameFrame standing and trusses fixed, before wrap and roof sheeting
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)Roof on, windows and external doors in, before any plasterboard
6WaterproofingMembrane cured in the wet areas and on balconies, tiler not yet started
7Pre-handover (PCI)Build complete, a fortnight or so before the handover dateWhy a temporary post under a balcony roof at lock-up is a structural item, not a tidy up job.
The 125mm rule for first floor bedroom windows, and why we check it at fixing stage.
Services, studs and noggings: what a Cobbitty lock-up turned up inside the walls.
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To stop a child falling. The National Construction Code limits openings on first floor bedroom windows to 125mm where the fall height requires it.
On a new build it is part of compliance and the builder should provide it before handover.
Drainage installed and connected, post fixings and anything the engineer must certify.
One to two hours, depending on how complete the house is.
We record what was incomplete so you know what still needs checking at handover.
No. Exposed wiring or missing covers are noted only as safety observations for a licensed electrician to deal with.