Every now and then I come across a good job that’s a pleasure to inspect.The pleasure comes partly from not having to write down anything but mostly from recognising that the builder has got it right. In an industry where quality is hard to get and that is rife with poorly trained tradesmen and that abounds with many lay trades persons pretending to be competent tradesmen, it’s hard to get it right.

In this case a single storey frame on slab in Point Cook is a good example of a relatively good job of acceptable standard but without anything to sing about. The set out was imperfect (trusses did not line up with studs) but the builder made up for it by using double top plate(that’s acceptable). All the braces were in the right place and well done except a single missing ply brace (but SS knew and was attending) . So not perfect, but good and as far as I was concerned that’s good enough.

The clients were attending and I told them that in my opinion builder had done a good job. They could not wipe a smile of their faces (and the supervisor too), and that’s really good.

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