Inspection Flashcards
What do you take with you on an Inspection?
- Mobile Phone
- Disto & measuring tape
- Camera
- File, plans and other supporting information
- PPE
*Pen, Paper, dictation and Ipad
Consideration of the immediate area?
Location / aspect / local facilities / public transport
Contamination /environmental hazards / flooding
Comparable evidence / local market conditions / agent’s boards.
External inspections
Method of construction
Repair and condition of the exterior
Car parking / access / loading arrangements
Defects / structural movements
Check site boundaries with OS map or title plan
Ways to date the building.
Internal inspections
Layout and specifications
Repair and maintenance
Defects
Services - age and condition
Statutory compliance
Fixtures and fittings and improvements
Compliance with lease obligations
What are the different inspection purposes?
Valuation
Property Management
Agency
Four common foundations?
Trench - generally used for residential dwellings, for walls and closely spaced columns
Raft - slab foundation over the site to spread the load for lightweight structures such as for made up/remediated land and sandy soil conditions
Pad - slab foundation system under individual or groups of columns so that the column load is spread evenly.
Name the different types of brickwork?
Solid wall construction - one brick thick with different bricklaying patterns incorporating headers to tie together the layers of brick.
Cavity Wall construction - two layers of brickwork tied together with metal ties. Evidence of cavity tray are air brick or weep holes.
What is spalling?
This is damaged brickwork where the surface of the bricks start to crumbles due to freeze/thaw action.
What is efflorescence?
White marks caused by hydroscopic salts in the brick work. It is formed when water reacts with the natural salts, by way of a chemical process. Contained within the construction material and mortar.
What are the three common causes of defects?
- Movement
- Water
- Defective / non-performance / deterioration of building materials.
What is subsidence?
Subsidence is the vertical downward movement of a building foundation caused by the loss of support of the site beneath the foundation.
What is the difference between wet rot and dry rot?
Wet rot is caused by damp and timber decay - signs include wet and soft timber.
Dry rot is caused inside by fungal attack which spreads across the wood in fine and fluffy white strands and often mushroom like fruiting bodies.
