Where the garage beam lands
A beam support not sitting on its plate, found at frame stage in Pakenham.
A look at the membrane before tiles hide it, when a fault is still a quick fix.
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The waterproofing items we record are mostly at the edges: a membrane painted over the temporary plug in the shower outlet, water stops at doorways that do not tie into the wall, and fresh membrane left unprotected while other trades walk across it.
Annotated findings from Waterproofing inspections.
1Bored piersHoles drilled and cages set, concrete not yet ordered
2Slab pre-pourSteel tied and formwork up, the day before concrete3FrameWalls standing and trusses on, before wrap and windows close it in
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)Roof, windows, external doors and cladding on, before plaster
5FixingLinings, joinery and doors in, painters not yet started
7Pre-handover (PCI)About a week before the handover meetingA beam support not sitting on its plate, found at frame stage in Pakenham.
Plate joints bunched together and double walls left unjoined on a Pakenham frame.
What a slab pre-pour inspection checks in the steel, using findings from nearby Cranbourne East.
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When the plug is pulled out at fit off, the membrane tears with it and leaves the outlet unsealed under the tiles.
It stops water on the bathroom floor travelling under the door into the next room.
Boots, ladders and dropped tools puncture it, and a puncture under tiles is a leak.
No. Waterproofing is checked before tiling. Fixing comes later, once linings, doors and joinery are in.
Roughly an hour for two bathrooms and a laundry.
AS 3740 for waterproofing of domestic wet areas and the NCC.