Joinery in, painter not started, and the last chance on the wet area items.
Fixing stage in Leppington catches the joinery and the external sealing together. Skirtings left incomplete in three locations. Cabinet work needing attention across four. A vanity not installed at all. Window rubber flashings needing adjustment, expansion joints without sealant, caulking missing around the meter box, and brickwork still to be acid washed. This is also where the termite management notice should be going on, and on one job it was not.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections on Leppington builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Paint covers precisely the gaps, joints and knocks this visit exists to catch. Afterwards the defects are still there and much harder to evidence.
The joinery is half of it. The other half is confirming the wet area items raised earlier were genuinely closed out before tiling buried them.
Seals the penetration where the box meets the wall, keeping water out of the cavity behind it. Small, cheap, and regularly skipped.
Two to three hours for a standard house, with the report that evening or early next morning.
Its absence is a reportable finding. It is the only durable record of what protection the house has, so it going missing at this stage matters more than it looks.
On most builds yes, because it is the last point wet area and joinery work can be corrected cheaply.
