During a snagging inspection, we don’t check the house according to plans, however, we often find it obvious when installations have been completed ad hoc.
The few examples shown in the photos demonstrate how the builders have:
The few examples shown in the photos demonstrate how the builders have:
- Not installed a sufficient gutter system, the rendered wall getting saturated as a result
- The cylinder tank cupboard didn’t provision enough room for the expansion vessel so instead the heating engineer installed it in the utility room cupboard space where the washing machine would go.
- Sockets/cupboards incorrectly positioned
- Pier incorrectly constructed
- The door stops inside the room, whereas the door opens outwards.
All the customers from these properties had completed which goes to show that the inspection process by builders/NHBC (etc) doesn’t always identify fundamental flaws out of tolerance/according to building regulations,