Steps in a slab and the steel that has to follow them
Where a slab changes level, the reinforcement has to carry past the step.
Services, flashings and gutters, seen before the plasterboard closes the walls.
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The Gables lock-up list is led by services. Electrical cables pressed against hot and cold water pipes inside the 25mm separation. Gas pipes and water pipes touching steel framing with nothing between them. Ducts lying on the ceiling frame. On the outside we have recorded head flashings stopping short of the opening, a box gutter too shallow for its roof and another holding water.
Annotated findings from Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspections.
1Bored piersOnce the piers are bored, before any concrete arrives
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, once steel and pods are set
3FrameFrame and trusses standing, roof cover on, before sarking and linings
5FixingJoinery, doors and trims in, before the painter starts
6WaterproofingMembrane cured, before the tiler arrives
7Pre-handover (PCI)About two weeks before your handover dateWhere a slab changes level, the reinforcement has to carry past the step.
Steel beams and columns in Gables frames are only as good as how they are joined.
Services crowded together inside a wall are the most common lock-up item we record in Gables.
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Heat and contact wear cable insulation, and dissimilar metals react. Keeping services apart is a requirement, and it can only be seen before the walls are lined.
No. We record physical clearances we can see. The wiring itself is certified by a licensed electrician.
Allow one to two hours, more on a double storey.
We check each one again and mark it fixed or still open.
Their size and fall are easy to change at this stage and hard once ceilings are in.
Usually yes, because the trades are still on site and the fix is a clip or a spacer.