Roof on, services in, and the last look inside the walls.
This is the strongest argument for the stage anywhere on this site. On Marsden Park lock-ups we recorded a brace cut clean through, cables run hard against structural metal twice, gas pipes against metal twice, and ducting resting on the ceiling frame three times. Every one of those was done by a trade solving a problem, and every one is behind plasterboard within days.
Annotated findings from Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspections on Marsden Park 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
5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
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.
The brace was sized to resist a specific lateral load. Cut, it resists nothing at that point, and the wall looks identical once lined.
Contact and abrasion over time damage the insulation, and where gas is involved a clearance is required for good reason. Both are minutes of work while the wall is open.
Flexible duct resting on ceiling joists crushes and kinks, and a crushed duct moves a fraction of the air it was sized for. The room at the end never heats properly.
They are. Services in, linings not, which here lasts a few days.
Around two hours plus the report, longer on a two storey home.
We assess whatever is still accessible and log the areas already closed.
