Before the pour: vapour barrier, cover and clean steel on a Mambourin slab
The pre-pour items we find on Mambourin slabs and why each one is permanent.
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When the slab sticks out past the frame: a Mambourin frame stage finding
Why a slab projecting over 20mm beyond the frame matters for the brick cavity.
Planning your stage inspections around a Mambourin build program
Which stages to book, when, and what each one catches.
Tile underlaps, cappings and dents: the roof at a Mambourin handover
Roof defects that keep appearing in Mambourin handover reports.
Grading, downpipes and joints: closing the water paths at handover
The handover items that decide where rain goes around a Mambourin home.
What a reinspection checks after your Mambourin handover list
How the follow-up visit works and why it is worth booking.
Cracks in a new Mambourin slab: tolerance or defect?
How slab cracks are measured against the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015.
Tracing damp in a new Mambourin home
Moisture meters, thermal imaging and where water usually comes from.
Defect report or expert witness report: which does a Mambourin owner need?
The difference between the two and when to upgrade.
Buying a near-new home in Mambourin: what to look for
The items young houses still carry when they come back onto the market.
What AS 4349.1 does and does not cover when you buy
The scope of a pre-purchase inspection, explained honestly.
Exhaust and rangehood ducts that stop in the roof
A common shortcut in young homes and why it matters.
Termite protection on a new Mambourin home
Collars, barriers and the meter box notice, and when each can be checked.
Mulch, overflows and condensate: termite conducive conditions
The everyday conditions that make a house more attractive to termites.
What a timber pest inspection can and cannot tell you
AS 4349.3 in plain terms, including its limits.
Rental minimum standards in a near-new Mambourin home
Why young rentals still fail, and the standards most often missed.
Ventilation and damp: the two rental standards new homes miss
How exhausts and wet area sealing affect a rental's compliance.
Doors and windows that bind: the locks and windows standards
Why sticking doors and windows can stop a rental being listed.