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For the next episode, Building Inspections flys a light aircraft over Melbourne to determine whether the state is non-compliant.
Politicians - not compliant
State is non-compliant
It is run by leftists, so non-compliant with common sense.
@@Mimossa77 dan andrews was definetly non compliant.
Be as good in your trade as this guy is and you'll never be out of work. Thanks mate, you are an inspiration.
Home owners need to publicly shame builders who don't rectify poor workmanship. I'm too hooked on this channel.
same
Eaves and gutters do the job. It's well tested and really simple.
Too right bro. ALOT of the "modern" architecture I've seen is nonsensical.
Thanks for showing me what to look for when I’m working at a site. I’m an antenna guy but I’m randomly checking for sealing the box gutters to the rainheads, brick/slab over hangs and sufficient water traps. I’m finding the occasional issue and saying to myself, what a shemozzle, this silly Billy did his best and siliconed the rest. I smell non-conformity. Looked good from afar, but far from good..
Do you raise the non-conformities with anyone? Builder, owner?
These designer homes are ridiculous . It may look fancy but they completely fail to take into account long term structure issues.
I visited a heritage home recently, sandstone blocks, one of the earlier ones built in Sydney. Not a crack, or anything. All still looked mint. Owner said it was original apart from the decks and roof sheets.
Discharging to the neighbours LOL! Can’t wait for that one to end up in VCAT.
Yeah start the application process now and see you in 4 years
This dudes out doing gods work
I'm bedazzled by the duplicity of this builder.
It's a shamozzle!
Builder is a criminal for sure.
@@michellemichelle9055 Well not a a criminal, he's built a nice home, however he's made some mistakes that have made this build a shamozzle
Wow mate great work been following you since a couple of months back. You are a legend keep up the great videos and work 👏 much appreciated mate..
How did they think they didn't need gutters? We get a lot of rain in Australia.
but it's got the permeable paving brah, the water will just seep in and transport itself to another dimension
@@tmmtmm Is permeable paving a 'thing'? If designed correctly, can you really have no gutters like this? [edit] If it is actually really permeable paving, not just concrete [/edit]
@@earthb67 apparently it is a thing. Seems like a bad idea in my non professional experience. Non-permeable paving shedding away from the house into a drain or to a non critical area (the garden) is king.
Great work as always, pity the HIA and the MBA do not look at these videos and do something about their pathetic Builders - as always "more strength to your arm" I wonder if it would be possible to get a list of these doggy Builders and get it published, or distributed to potential new clients so as to get these "shonks" out of the industry.
you're amazing guy for real top eye for detail i've learnt so much just watching ur videos
This is a very interesting video - as it highlights a current issue with what councils are asking for in multi-unit developments. Bad design aside - there are requirements to meet Storm Water capture and diversion targets set by Melbourne Water, which force developers to incorporate permeable paving, raingardens and buffer strips, on top of the traditional detention systems, with little consideration to how this will effect the structure of the dwellings.
I wonder how dodgy the new government housing is going to be here in Qld with the rate of how fast they are going up?
Those welds are shocking. Leaving great gaps without weld metal. The least the welder should have done was to silicone the gap. Weld your best and silicone the rest.
I'm a hobbyist welder but that was so bad I know for a fact I can do better. Disgusting work from a supposed professional.
I don't agree. If you were paying for a house would you accept "weld your best and silicone the rest" if you were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the place? The standard you walk past is the standard you accept, and your standards aren't good enough for a country like Australia. We aren't third world India for christ's sake.
One would assume that its far more logical to build a more contemporary style home that will stand the test of time . Anyone that i know that is going to build i strongly recommend they build a more contemporary style instead of these boxes stacked on top of each other , if you have a flat roof no overhang polystyrene cladding plastic pipe work you can throw the buildings longevity out the window. A flat roof will undoubtedly leak , no overhang means external rendered walls being exposed to the weather continually will eventually suffer the ingress of moisture leading to mold and framing rot and the plastic water pipes get chewed by thirsty rats or split or pop fittings due to water hammer.
I believe PEX pipe will last longer than copper pipe. So do a lot of others.
Also... Rats chew things to grind their teeth down. Their teeth don't stop growing.
I've seen rats chew through PEX yes but I have seen more pin holes in copper.
What you do is so valuable to home owners who have no one acting for them in the building construction process.
Keep up the great work.
Where can you be reached via email.
Great video, curios though, what % of your inspections only have only minor / non significant defects?
I have no idea how I stumbled across your vids, but I am hooked! (and now sub'd). I wish you had done our pre-purchase building inspection. Your reputation obviously precedes you, and people call you to inspect when they 'smell non-compliant work', but do you inspect sites that actually pass?
Ye 😂
I’d like to see the random “compliant” build
Just one or 2
Always finding the same problems!
stressing me out man and its not even my home
It’s too scary to buy or build these days without having someone running the build who has ocd and can be onsite 7 days a week. My build was through a friend and I came close to ending his life few times lol
Great attention to detail. Another awesome build :(
The combination knowledge and experience of thousands of years of construction has been abandoned because of these 'cool' new designs, dependent on modern waterproofing technologies that have yet to be proven over time.
Good work mate, get after them. Respect your work and knowledge 👍
Thanks for exposing this.
I have family nearby and I reckon their old weatherboard style home (definitely updated/cleaned up overtime) is more compliant than these new builder homes.
My invtesment property in Ouyen is likely not, stumping and sagging walls might be relatable issues Im a tad worried. But its leased so unsure when it cane be looked at.
These videos are just eye opening!
Stumps can shrink over time, and the ground out there being wetter or drier can make them move to. That'll likely be why your walls have moved. Sometimes, it is poor footings though, so good idea to get it checked anyway.
@@komisches3042Thanks for reading my comment and replying with your input. I need to find someone to asses my whole house sometime just unsure if a builder or whatver tradesmen would best be suited.
I hope you keep going, you might help make some change in the industry
How long before site inspections tv show?
Lets face it. The "modern" house made from a mix of polystyrene panels, thin roof tin, fake brick and real brick, so called water resistant plaster , waffle pod slabs and near flat roofs is basically a pile of shit waiting to rapidly deteriorate no matter how you choose to spin it. Your phrase of "good from far but far from good"absolutely perfectly sums up the privatised regulatory system in construction Australia
I'm finally seeing the ramifications of all this chaos, not only is the lower half doing it tough, but it also seems like people with money getting taken for rides?
A picture tells a thousand stories
In the beginning , there was Bic disposable lighters . Now , we have Big disposable . . . . . . .
Would love to understand how to select a quality builder? As someone looking to build something in the next year, are there any courses or books that can assist in keeping rhe builders compliant?
The builder is only part of the problem. The architect/building designer (they are not the same thing btw) and the engineer are huge factors.
I look at plans all day from different people and the range of skill and knowledge is vast. Pay for a good set of drawings and make sure the builder knows you're going to be watching closely
1. Don't hire cheap, foreign "builders". Get one recommended. Check reviews and contact their other clients.
2. Tell them you will be getting the waterproofing and roofing independently checked ( roof plumbers are notoriously dodgy and lazy because they think their work won't be checked as its high abd THEY can sign off their own work)
3. Be there when the frame inspection is done to make sure the "inspector" isn't just a run in n out type. I'm an awesome carpenter but one of my frames only took 10 mins to inspect which was way too quick.
4. Only hand over payments once everythings passed. Watch this guys videos and check stuff too.
I mean, at the end of the day the owner is happy to live in their wonky 1M house so long as they are not sullying their precious Merry Bikky Doo.
How do you guys do the venting of the brick? All that water soaked up and then solar drive shoves it into the house.
Dumb idea not having gutters, rule no1 take water away from the house.
Question for Mr Site Inspector: Brick buildings have existed forever, lasting hundreds of years without the expansion joints required now. So what's the deal? Are they really needed?
I suspect the answer might be tofu dreg bricks? Thats my guess... That bricks aint bricks
Take a look at any old brick building and it'll be replete with cracks and crevices everywhere.
@@tomalophicon it's something I've been paying attention to and I don't see it. Modern buildings, however...
@jetnavigator what you're saying correlates to movement joints etc not working. In fact what you're saying is that maybe they are doing the opposite of intended. Is that your observation?
@@davidbrayshaw3529 thanks for that detailed explanation. I've got a double-brick house from the 80s with some long walls without expansion joints and not a crack to be seen.
My general observation is that houses built up to about that period just seem better put together and what you say makes plain sense.
In the late 80s, when renting a brand new Meriton I noticed that after about 12 months it simply started to fall apart.
The hundred year old home that they demolished was probably better constructed. lol
Shocking workmanship
I thought rainwater had to be collected and controlled. How does this design meet standards?
Yeah, exactly my thought. How did this get approved
@@TheGamingNootyeah I'm with you, not sure how it meets Oz standard/requirements from that point of view.
Also a bit bewildered as to town planning approval of this design.
Almost brown paper bag $$$$ approval
I've been looking for a new house lately, now all I think when I look at them now is, that looks non compliant, this is a shemozzle, lol, I'm in NZ but the quality definitely does not seem better at this point
Thanks.
Love your work- vid cuts off way too quick btw... Just FYI
If permeable paving was applied that would mean a form of french drain beneath? I wonder if that is even there..
That house is a complete shamozzle
Those welds wouldn't pass a year 10 metal shop class let alone any sort of legislated compliance.
Exactly right
How often should a building under construction be inspected?
Feels scarier than a ghost video
what i dont understand is why aren't more home owners who are building new homes getting these inspections? surely if someone like you rocks up at every building site at every stage of the process, quality would have to improve eventually since i'm sure the cost to fix is greater than doing it right in the first place.
Not getting 3rd party inspections? Maybe they lack the experience or their build has gone 10s of thousands over budget.
Because it seems expensive , see all the tech this guy has ? , just the Flir thermal camera costs upwards of $5K ,
Plus the builders inspector is supposed to address all these issues, but seeing as they're employed by the builder, they turn a blind eye cuase they want more work .
It definitely makes long-term sense to get your own inspections done.
@@davidgreen424 the cost of these inspections are probably peanuts in comparison to the total cost of a house though. An inspection every step of the way couldnt be more than $2-3k.
@@mcdonaldslover52 and it would be worth it .
It's just that people building a home think the builder will do the right thing by them and are struggling with costs .
That's already supposed to happen by the certifier
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Need u to check my mums house in Brunswick....OMG shonky million dollar house..
Roof space leaked into lounge room ceiling and needed to be replaced...2 year old..
The cracks in the wall inside is that a plaster or a rendered brick/block wall ?
Plaster
That's stuff on the outside moving when it shouldn't. Everything attached to it on the inside will move to, but with no flex or leeway, cracks result.
What model drone is that?
DJI M30T
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As a qualified and coded boilermaker/welder I can confirm those welds are cocky $hit. And those tex screws are horrible.
Which builder is this?
Silly billy
Tufu dreg melbourne
yeap once again a house with no eaves absolute microwave cheap lightweight boxes. Wake up people.
I’m flabagasted builder needs to amended contract of sale 10 year Guarantee warranties on materials and work
Not just flip the sale😅
Not hard to tell why most these builders went broke 🙁
you need more subs more people need to know about bad workmanship
This really beggars belief 😮
Poor workmanship because no one trains the trades properly, and yet no trades to build houses.
Permeable paving is completely council idiocy and the state building rules.
Terrible roof design, but council wants aesthetic.
$1m builds are literally now your budget builds these days.
90% of the roofs in the state are probably non compliant because there are so many hard to understand rules, poorly written legislature and absolute no mechanisms for trades to go to seek help and what to do in particular scenarios. Buildings codes are a few hundred pages thick, how do you get blue collar workers to abide by them when they are blue collar and aren't very good at reading in the first place?
Eventually everything will be twice the prices, take twice as long, twice as crap, rents will be double and new builds will halve. Housing affordability ftw.
@@davidbrayshaw3529 yeah noice
How the hell did this design with no gutter get approved FFS
that music is pretty distracting
Helen Keilor could weld better.
Not built how they used to be...These high volume home builders screwing contractors down so low there is no love in the workmanship anymore. Sad
Shonky builder is shonky.
First
According to UA-cam you are correct ✅
water does not crack the bricks. it can end up cracking mortar joints not the acctual bricks..
You’re wrong ☺️
@@Siteinspections im not, what about all the bricks that sit in water before they had watertables in footings? i've ripped up plenty. even wire cuts. your speaking to an ex bricklayer with over 15 years experience in the trade.
Is the water coming straight off the roof and going into the soil at the base causing the slab to move? The inside floor is not level and I guess that slab movement is also causing the bricks to crack as the wall moves. Thats how the water cracks the bricks I guess.
@@ausfastbuy7011 yeah ill agree on that the water in the end will crack the bricks if thats what he is saying but straight up water will not do that. maybe thats what he ment..
Water ponding around the slab is the problem here. Maybe you need to watch the video again since I did not state that water is cracking the bricks 😅, but the movement of the footing.
See below extracts:
AS 2870-2001 5.6.3 Drainage requirements: The current drainage issues contravene this standard, which sets out specific requirements for surface and subsurface drainage systems for buildings on moderately, highly or extremely reactive sites. The standard also outlines requirements for the slope of trenches and backfilling techniques.
VBA Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015 Clause 1.03: The builder has failed to direct surface water away from the building, which is considered a defect according to this guide.
NCC Clause 3.1.3.3 Surface Water Drainage: This clause emphasizes the importance of proper surface water drainage, directing water away from buildings.
CSIRO BTF 18 states the following:
Swelling foundation soil due to rainy periods first lifts the most exposed extremities of the footing system, then the remainder of the perimeter footings while gradually permeating inside the building footprint to lift internal footings. This swelling first tends to create a dish effect, because the external footings are pushed higher than the internal ones.
This means that in a case where swelling takes place after construction and cracking occurs, the cracking is likely to at least partly remain after the shrink segment of the cycle is complete. Thus, each time the cycle is repeated, the likelihood is that the cracking will become wider until the sections of brickwork become virtually independent.