Builders' Shocking Revelation: From Inspection to Rectification

[@keenanafield]

I've honestly learnt so much watching these videos. Solid content, very informative.

[@eliz1957]

Could not agree MORE👍👍👍👍👍

[@BARNESSHANE713]

Likewise learnt alot from watching these videos

[@zacciahwilliams5076]

Unbelievable

[@vladthe3rd414]

Do your best and google the rest

[@nimbus1r]

couldn't agree more! love the level of detail and explanation

[@myselfpoker88]

You are my favourite channel on KZbin! The new houses are absolutely STUFFED. God Bless you mate

[@Steve-jx3mh]

Great video, its good to see that builder has come back and fixed some issues. Not so good that they created more. If they did it right the first time they wouldnt have to ignore their customers.

[@tkx86]

You are one of only a few channels I actually get excited to see new uploads from. Cheers for standing up for folks in a real pickle with crappy builders. I have been finding myself using 'non compliant' way more as a truck driver. Thank you again.

[@MikMech]

*'Do it once, do it right.'* Such an underrated concept.

[@orca708]

Very educational, thanks for filming horizontally, it's easier to watch. Hope the builder will fix more problems.

[@rotuman78]

Certainly, a lot more has to be done in this industry where builders, contractor's and the very people that sign off on these jobs be held accountable with jail time simply handing out Fines isn't working if I'm going to spend my hard-earneded money on something that should be an investment in the future but can't sell because of non-compliant works I don't think I could rely on a broken system to give me justice. Thanks mate for the work you do that you can give some people hope and peace of mind, Respect. Keep up the awesome content!

[@eliz1957]

Just wondering… how many houses do you inspect that pass first inspection… or are most of the buildings have things wrong with them?????

[@akirakun99]

I also want to know!

[@wasabinator]

You're providing an amazing service both to these home owners and to us viewers as well. Hope your channel keeps growing which I expect it will.

[@johnnyblaze9158]

An amazing service would be to name and shame these builders which he doesn’t do! Pity cause that’s what people need to know.

[@marekklimczyk4042]

i think if he named and shamed, he would have a hit put on him in no time at all.@@johnnyblaze9158

[@TheBrewjo]

Sounds like the Owner has been through so much she's almost ready to join the team!

[@nicholasvinen]

We went through something similar. It sucks. Lots of stress for nearly six years in our case. Had to take matters into our own hands, hire professionals who could fix it properly then take legal action to recover costs. That's six years of our lives that we were miserable and won't get back all because someone cut a few corners to save a few bucks.

[@ljb4541]

The NSW building commissioner has just just down a building site in Newcastle and all he could say was it was a building in a third world country

[@paulfitz6614]

This really sucks, a young family with little kids ripped off by dodgy builders. A lot of stress in their lives because people are too lazy to do the job right.

[@earlmyname4257]

Another grey box prison looking house in vic. .

[@samabuyamaan3378]

Now this a gentleman with respect. He could have kept the camera on the customer while going up the stairs, but he panned away so that her behind is not in the frame. Most youtubers would milk such an angle shot!

[@tonymontana897]

I think we all secretly hoped we'd get a glimpse of her but yes, you are right, he is a Gentleman. She's a lovely Lady.

[@aspees]

I believe many of the leaky window issues in AU are caused because of a standard aluminum window design that was originally made for brick walls. They are sealed with caulking into the walls. Except now we use all different kinds of cladding. Often different types on the same building. The small groove doesn't allow proper flashing of the windows. Typically, the installer shoves a piece of plastic damp course into the small groove and that's it. In other countries, it wouldn't fly.

[@stevem815]

Yeah I quite often resort to getting custom metal flashings made up to deal with aluminium windows, but then you struggle with the arcs... Problem is everyone wants things to look cool and function is a distant secondary consideration. Just the fact that people are putting box gutters everywhere is proof of how badly vanity has surpassed common sense.

[@chapmansbg]

That completely disgusts me that a brand new home has such defects and then it is difficult to get the builder to fix it. What is wrong with these people?

[@Paul-qq7mh]

These poor homeowners. Progress is still very poor. On another note, 4 Corners on ABC on Monday night spoke about how dodgy Victorias building industry is... It's all coming out now.

[@thekid4895]

Not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but I'll proceed; the cladding material is replaced under warranty but surely someone has to pay for it when the initial installation is conducted in such a piss poor manner, obviously that's not on the home owner as it's the builders responsibility, so does the replacement material come out as a cost to the builder? Secondly, do you have a ball park figure on what the rectification works that were carried out in this video might have cost the builder? Curious only because I'm not one to read instructions, but in the face of thousands of dollars I'm sure I'd take the time to do so as well as being incredibly embarrassed for producing such a poor result initially. Aside from that, absolutely loving your content mate. It's criminal what work is being put out these days and I'm greatly appreciative of someone taking the time to explain it in such an informative and professional manner. Good on ya.

[@Siteinspections]

$25k-$40k minimum just cladding replacement, builder pays

[@thekid4895]

@@Siteinspections Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm amazed that someone could be so lazy in the face of tens of thousands of dollars.

[@margia1657]

Thank you for your videos, they are very educational. I've never owned a home and I'm learning a lot about what to look for. Great to see a positive result. Hopefully more homeowners get their repairs done.

[@brettharman3909]

Mate. You need to be training up other people and do inspections for people building. I would pay $1000 for a 3 hour inspection and I reckon I would want it done at least 3 times while the building is being built and a 4 hour inspection $1500 for a final. I am learning so much . Cheers mate 👍

[@rebeccawelsh2401]

Having had several building inspections and still ongoing, you are way under budgeting for your building inspection costs.

[@nicholasumashev8923]

$1000 would be cheap. Most building inspections in QLD are $500 and last no more than an hour max, they are no where near as qualified as this guy.

[@rb30e]

How long has it been since you have inspected a house without any major defects that could get worse over time?

[@Cleaner1-i7s]

what ive learnt is i will never build a new home , todays trades want to get in and out, send their invoice get paid and never be seen again. buy a BRICK wog box from the 80's you cant lose.!

[@MarkT]

Looking forward to the episode where you use those handcuffs!

[@zaphod_beeblerox]

your work complies with being a top bloke 1.2/56.5/0 of the top bloke guide and recommendations edition 3

[@robertltomlinson]

Mate you do an awesome job, if only the others did too. Your phrase "do your best and silicone the rest" made me proper laugh out loud. In the UK there's a reason we call that stuff "sillyc*nt sealer", because the silly c*nts use it for everything they shouldn't.

[@chainsawversustree]

Every time I drive past a new house I always mutter ‘poor bastards’

[@hthring]

i cant believe there is any chance the builder will fix everything ...

[@kevinhamling1963]

Great to see that the builder came back. Be it forced to or not. He has created some extra work but if this guy is smart he'll use this as a positive and train his crew on the importance on doing compliant works. ✌️ Peace

[@jameson566]

Yer, you'd think they'd take some pride in their work and do it right the first time, avoiding a mess like this. But I guarantee every home built by this builder would have similar issues.

[@kevinhamling1963]

@jameson566 This builder doesn't really give a shit. All those other homes out there that he's built do you think he's going to do the right thing by those home owners. Sadly I think not. 🤔 Maybe a visit should be paid to his current building site and school the home owners a bit in what compliant works should look like. 🤗

[@AHDONIxTOxSHELIONI]

Liking your videos but can’t skip through the ads.

[@fadelkhalil-df5ut]

I pray to God, Lord of the worlds, to make you enter an entrance of sincerity and exit you from an exit of truth, and to make for you a supportive authority from Him. Oh God, make his affairs easy for him, and in your name, O Lord of the worlds, open the doors for him and ease the reasons for him. O Lord of the world, honor me with the quality of memorization and the speed of understanding, and grant me wisdom, knowledge, knowledge, steadfastness of mind, reason and dream.

[@KeithStewart-zn8mg]

Thanks for this follow-up. However I doubt the homeowner will get the rest of the problems fixed...

[@Siteinspections]

We'll keep you posted!

[@Spangocico]

Nice. love the follow up videos

[@embracedmadness]

You deserve your own weekly segment on ACA.

[@lorrainebarry7184]

the whole home is just a shit show the poor owners but thankgod for guys like you finding out the mistakes

[@robroysyd]

Makes me glad I live in an old house. It's had it's issues but at least fixing them doesn't require redoing work that was done only months ago. What a waste either of the owners money if this poor work isn't rectified or the builders money if it is. Indirectly we all suffer as this waste isn't good for the economy.

[@damienbobbo7583]

Drain from a/c unit CAN NOT BE INSTALL WITH FLEX DRAIN

[@Jim-yk9zw]

Rigid pvc right?

[@Josh-e2l]

Flashings over the windows on the new cladding??

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Still rough as guts bro, they didn’t do a good job at all!

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Also no noting of window head flashings! If these aren’t on then it’s still going to leak🥴

[@wozzie1492]

Good to see follow ups, cheers.

[@pm7294]

Still no window head flashings...

[@repique10]

Mate my wife and i are building next year, are these smaller Building Companies, or the big ones as well with dodgy Tradesman?. Skills and Pride in workmanship have diminished in Oz!!.

[@MentalLapse09]

Bigger ones that do sharply priced volume work, townhouses, apartments etc are generally rubbish. They use the cheapest of cheap, and use the cheapest of cheap subbies. An established builder with a long track record is the best option. A smaller crew, and the boss being involved is what you want. You will pay more, and likely have to wait longer to get them, but the jobs are night and day in quality generally. I spent years as a subbie in residential construction for reference.

[@anewrealm]

Crap Builder using a crap product. I feel so sorry for what people pay good money for that's pure rubbish!

[@tompowellr31]

Interesting to see an update video, I've always just assumed that builders claim bankruptcy and reopen in there brothers name the next day over some of these dodgy builds...

[@MrArnelosmancevic]

Seems like more issues then before

[@jasonbates2977]

Good to see some professionalism in the industry, shame it’s only coming from the inspector. Australians used to take pride in their work, formed part of their identity and builders used to build homes, not just a group of sales team engaging subcontractors. Unfortunately building houses has become a huge part of the governments economic plan for years, more than 30% of the money exchanging hands goes to the government. Mums and dads are the ones have to were it.

[@nickksimo]

Why would you shoot through the window frame ? Bizarre

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

They have tried to shoot the external architrave to the reveal, the nail has been shot on an angle or hit the aluminium fin and bent and pooped out the side. If you know how a window is constructed then this would be easier to understand.

[@nickksimo]

@@PiazzaWoodWorks ha. I am a qualified carpenter who has clad many houses and never had or seen an issue like this.

[@kubabooba548]

I don't understand?! They have the instructions on how to do the job properly, and because they ignored the instructions they continue to do horrible work, and are going to have a bunch of customers chasing them up on it. How dumb can you be?

[@gribbler1695]

Unfortunately, the instructions are in English.

[@kubabooba548]

@@gribbler1695 lolol! Good one!

[@michaelpairidis7382]

Spoke to a Nurse the other day and she said the builders birth was non compliant.

[@chapmansbg]

Who installed that cladding? You should name and shame!

[@jake3813]

Keep up the content ! you're doing an amazing job. You'll be at 100k subs in no time.

[@Cafeacore]

Thanks to this I've picked up little things for when I get handover of my property. After the PCI and rectifications I'll be going on with my own level, ruler, etc for my own sanity check 😂 If I could I'd use this bloke as my inspector but I'm in QLD lmfao

[@DeejayManii]

he travels

[@Crazy--Clown]

Att: Tradies.....You're giving the Australian building industry a bad name with ya shadey work

[@tygrahof9268]

If you can PULL NAILS OUT with your bare hands, something is fishy!!

[@DaveHiggoHiggins]

I can't stop watching your videos. Pains me to know that hard working people are getting ripped by dodgy people.

[@OldFellaDave]

I remember when our house got built in the 80's. We had a number of 'issues' that were noticed after moving in and the old man called them back in to fix them. The crew that came back sullenly rectified a number of issues and were sitting out the front having lunch yapping in a foreign language. Unfortunately for them they made two tragic mistakes. The first one was thinking they were safe speaking an Eastern European language ... that unfortunately for them my Belarussian/Ukrainian raised mother could understand more than enough of. The second tragic mistake was pissing off my 6' 4", built like a brick shithouse, Vietnam Veteran father, who was still in the army at the time after my mother told him what they were saying. The second crew that arrived a day later finished ALL of the outstanding jobs ... I believe the first crew were unable to work 'for some time' afterwards ... or chew solid food ... it was a simpler time in the 80's, negotiations were handled very differently ;)

[@goulashigabor]

Seriously can you include in your will if god forbid something happens to you to keep this channel up, builders must be seathin at the site of your videos and how you empower normal people like us on the dangers of the building trade.. Such service you are doing please be safe and keep cranking the vids out. Sorry bit of a morbid comment but the public needs people like you, thank you.

[@zappy7393]

I can understand that the correct type of nail must be used for weather and rust resistance but aren't nails prone to moving, popping in and out with the movement of the house? Seems like a bad design decision to me.

[@gribbler1695]

High wind areas have diffferent fixing requirements. Ref: Weathertex Installation Guide

[@aspees]

I believe many of the leaky window issues in AU are caused because of a standard aluminum window design that was originally made for brick walls. They are sealed with caulking into the walls. Except now we use all different kinds of cladding. Often different types on the same building. The small groove doesn't allow proper flashing of the windows. Typically, the installer shoves a piece of plastic damp course into the small groove and that's it. In other countries, it wouldn't fly.

[@kenezos]

They’ve come back but still couldn’t get it right 🤦‍♂️

[@alpah1111447]

Haven’t look at specifications of cladding product but surprised to see no head flashing to aluminium joinery and relying on silicone to seal junction ? Really enjoy your videos keep it up👍🏽

[@davefoord1259]

Really bro why all the box gutters flat rokves and rain heads. Stupid designs so complex and prone to leaks unless done right. So much more expensive to do a good job than simple durable snd costceffective designs

[@andIloveH]

Builders shall hire you to inspect before handing over to avoid embarrassment

[@rio20d]

the most expensive rooms are usually kitchens and wetareas ( like ensuite and bathroom), waterstop installation is very crucial

[@thethinkingman9338]

silicone - the go to fix it, for lazy, unprofessional, unskilled tradesman. Trying to repair a home that is built as shoddy as that one, is like trying to repair the Titanic after is sunk.

[@j.l.912]

Who the hell would build a house… seriously

[@blakebusby3935]

Very bad choice of product from the start it really needs dpc behind the vertical joins. I also can’t see a brad nail holding cladding regardless if it finishes flush or not as the house moves and the framing will expand and contract. People need to realise what they are purchasing and the maintenance and durability of these products. Manufacturers are protected from liability with their installation specs but still their product design and quality is poor.

[@thomasgirty6397]

at 10.28 I could swear you can see daylight between the board and the tile. when she points out how they pulled the board out and he moves his camera, you can see it in 2 places.

[@drazmarinic5991]

They go back to fix stuff ,,,,and shoot nails into window frames omg😢

[@jimmydelre7654]

I wish you were in Tassie mate, my building inspector was useless , didn’t pick up on water ingress into a substrate and that’s just what I know about , and I’m a sparky 😢

[@ljupcod80]

How does someone contact you in Melbourne for building inspections?

[@Mannsy83]

Fascinating. I enjoy your teaching

[@Siteinspections]

Thank you!

[@Phantoma3]

9:50 They didn't even bother using coloured silicone to match the grout colour or the tile colour. They used white.

[@Battleneter]

Surrounded by 70 ish year old houses , many in much better condition.

[@kevinraines4318]

how can they do the cladding befor the roof surely the cladding as to fit over the flashing on the roof

[@ChristianWagner888]

I see a number of identical units built next to each other. Did they all suffer from the same issues causing water intrusion? Were they fixed as well?

[@thomasgirty6397]

when you start with problems, nothing is going to get better. water can cause a multitude of issues.

[@umitaltay465]

The house will not be %100 even after repairs ,Another lemon proudly made in Australia !!

[@lesleyhiddins2067]

Why can't they build properly in the first place? Surely it costs less

[@ohnopiero]

I am renter. I am not even in the market for a new home, I just love watching this channel and see builders get roasted . LOL

[@LaurenceTawhai]

All of the tradies need to be trained up on waterproofing they are not worried about it cause it’s not there home as they say in Australia She’ll be right mate

[@carpenterguy7052]

Cheapest quote didn’t turn out so cheap for the builder now did it, sucked in.

[@JP-ry9ob]

Went through the process and hit the stop button just prior to demolition! After binge watching your vids I'm glad we didn't go through with a new build!

[@gavstar101]

Anyone know a good handover inspector for sydney? thanks

[@MJBOGAN]

Building industry is unregulated in NSw is it not?

[@maka3230]

Once they are incompetent they never will be. Don't get the same people to fix it.

[@michaeltopolino8017]

I bet the builder didnt fix the other units whilst they had the scaffolding on site

[@ryanbeale6422]

You'd think after screwing it up the first time they'd take care on the 2nd go. Hopefully 3rd times the charm as they say. Or they're gonna bust and start again 🙄

[@murry001]

Good work!!! pity they put so many nails in to the window frames now, that's terrible

[@_Pellasg]

At 13.40 minute the external exhaust fan outlet has not silicone on top and sides which is a potential for leaks. Looks like you missed it

[@Robert-cu9bm]

This channel along with working on the industry is the reason I'd never get a builder and just do it myself.

[@stephens2850]

Great work. The mitred window head flashings look really dodgy.

[@tonymontana897]

Oh well. One less Ferrari for this builder...

[@elhazthorn918]

I wanted to build my home, but now I'm afraid to.

[@whitebloodism]

Unreal the builders were hanging up on you etc

[@clintonmust4451]

I would like to know what builder done his house if he has had one built!?

[@ap51511]

wow, so they could of done it right the first time ! correct work, no rework

[@phmx3102]

If they cant do it properly the 1st time dnt trust em a 2nd time

[@gypana]

As we are currently about 250k houses short and about to get a big influx of skilled donkeys (sorry I meant migrants) this is only going to get worse.

[@holysnyper]

Great Channel. Learnt so much.

[@deficator750]

you can tell they used cheap materials