Building your home from scratch is by far one of the most satisfying and important projects in your life. But unless the journey is accurately planned and completed according to all of the pre-set details, you may risk not reaching your goals. One of the major team players when building a home is the home inspector. Their so-called lock up and waterproofing inspection will be a determining factor in establishing whether you will be moving into a safe home or not. No idea what this is all about? Read on.
The Lock Up Stage
Once your home will have all the doors and windows properly installed and ready to function normally, it will reach the so-called lock up stage. This means the house can be locked up at a physical level. The same process also triggers additional progress payment for the builder, and more items that need to be completed. However, in the meanwhile, home inspectors can check a few important details, including:
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If the doors and windows have been in fact properly installed. They also need to verify the efficiency of the locks that have been installed on them.
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The ceilings need to be built and blocked correctly, while all interior walls need to be rendered. Home inspectors will also check the presence of white set plaster and properly installed cornices, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, the cleanliness of the brick work, light switches and power/gas points, and floor falls to shower and wet area drains.
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Waterproofing is another process that refers to we areas inside a house; home inspectors need to make sure that all of the correct waterproofing has been completed on time and according to standards and construction codes.
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The lock up inspection needs to be done when once the waterproofing has been laid, and prior to the tiling.
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When the waterproofing is not done according to the Code, a wide series of problems are prone to occur. Thus, the need for effective inspection jobs. Get in touch with us and let us use our two and a half decades of hands on experience in the field of home and residential projects. We specialize in inspections for new construction, as well as existing homes, town-homes, and condominiums.
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Speed and efficiency are the main elements that characterize us. Accordingly, we know one to three days are needed in order to apply waterproofing to the wet areas, before the tiling commences. The inspection should therefore be performed during this time frame.
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There is also a large number of items that need to be assessed during the lock up inspection, hence the difficulty in performing this review in the short amount of time it needs to be completed in.
Lock up inspections are essential during the construction and they should therefore be planned early in time. An improperly installed lock on a front door will cause the new house to be vulnerable to potential thieves and intruders. It will also increase a household insurance premium, or render any claim useless.