Timing stage inspections around a Kalkallo build program
When to book each stage on a Cloverton or Kallo build, how much notice the inspector needs, and how to keep the supervisor on side.
With the trusses on and the walls still open, the structure of a Kalkallo house is fully visible for the last time.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Frame visits in Kalkallo turn up missing bracing, trusses bearing on walls that were never meant to carry them, cut plates in bracing walls and bottom plates hanging off the slab edge. Each one is a short fix now and a much bigger job once the plaster is up.
Annotated findings from Frame inspections.
1Bored piersWhile the holes are open, before concrete arrives
2Slab pre-pourThe day before concrete, steel and pods all in
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)Roof, windows and brickwork done, before plaster
5FixingPlaster, doors and cabinets fitted, before paint
6WaterproofingMembrane cured, before the tiler starts
7Pre-handover (PCI)At practical completion, days before handoverWhen to book each stage on a Cloverton or Kallo build, how much notice the inspector needs, and how to keep the supervisor on side.
Why missing bracing and trusses on internal walls keep showing up at frame stage in Kalkallo, and what each means.
Top bars, cover, chairs and laps: what we check on a Kalkallo slab the day before concrete.
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Bracing against the bracing plan, tie-downs, lintels, stud and plate fixing, truss layout and bearing, plumb and straightness, and the slab to frame relationship.
A wall not designed as load bearing can deflect under truss load, cracking ceilings and jamming doors later.
The Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015 sets the limits, and the report gives the measured figure.
Yes. Frame is when we can see slab level, edge honeycombing and how far the slab sits past or behind the frame.
AS 1684 for timber framing, the National Construction Code and the engineering and truss layout for your house.
If they are not fixed, we list them again at lock-up so they cannot quietly disappear behind plaster.