Joinery in, painter not started, and the last chance on the wet areas.
Fixing stage catches the carpentry and confirms the wet area items are closed before tiling covers them. On our Riverstone handovers the fixing stage findings had survived: skirtings and architraves damaged in three places, cabinetry with inconsistent gaps needing adjustment, render with its final coat still to come, and doors unsealed top and bottom. Every photograph on this page was taken at practical completion, not at this stage. They are here because each one is an item that belongs earlier in the build and survived to handover, which is the clearest argument we can make for inspecting when the work is still open.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections on Riverstone 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.
An unsealed top or bottom edge lets a timber door take up moisture unevenly, which is how doors swell, bind and warp. It is a minute's work before the door is hung and a callback afterwards.
The final coat is, in the sense that it should be complete before painting. We recorded it outstanding at handover on these jobs.
Because paint fills and conceals exactly the gaps and damage this stage exists to catch.
Two to three hours on a typical property.
They overlap and often run together, though they answer different questions.
Your contract and selections, so what was installed can be measured against what was agreed.
