There’s been no news since November 2014 because….
…our builder Patrick O’ Neill from PM Roofrooms appears to have absconded. After many delays over the past 9 months completion was promised by the end of February 2015. No builder has been on site since the beginning of February. Patrick has not replied to any communications since the end of February.
Considerable work is still outstanding!
Status of the building as at 15 March 2015
Noisy Floor Beams
Exposed faulty floor beams
- The builder, Patrick O’ Neill of PM Roofrooms, the beam manufacturer, Patrick Swanepoel of the Hazycrest Group, and the engineer, Ian Upton agreed that the beams were abnormally noisy.
- Various solutions were suggested by them
- Patrick Swanepoel did some experimental changes to some beams in situ.
- Patrick O’ Neill and Patrick Swanepoel dispute who is responsible for correcting the fault and no repairs have been done.
- Floor boards have been lifted to expose faulty beams.
- This fault has delayed work on the building since September 2014
Stairs and Landing
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- The Landing / Patio is incomplete
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- Stairs have not been installed
Skimming of External Walls
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- Rough and untidy skimming
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- Rough and untidy skimming
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- Rough and untidy skimming
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- Rough and untidy skimming
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- Corners not square and neat
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- Gaps visible between boards
Construction Issues
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- New building should have seemless link to vertical plasterband on existing building
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- New building should have seemless link to vertical plasterband on existing building
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- New building should have seemless link to vertical plasterband on existing building
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- Cladding cut to incorrect shape and then badly patched
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- Not sealed around untidy pipes
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- Untidy link to existing building
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- Damaged barge boards
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- Mis-matched barge boards
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- Window ledge untidily cut
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- Split (damaged) boards used in the construction of the patio
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- Door skew / warped
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- Door skew / warped
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- Damaged tiles
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- Damaged tiles
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- Mismatched tiles
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- Mismatched tiles
Painting
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- Paint messed on existing face brick
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- Messy painting
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- Paint messed on piping
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- Mess on piping
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- Paint messed on piping
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- Paint messed on door seal
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- Varnished over messed paint
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- Varnished over messed paint
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- Varnished over messed paint
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- Varnished over pencil marks
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- Not varnished
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- Not painted under eave
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- Not painted barge board
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- Not sealed on bottom surface
Work site not cleaned up
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- Sanding dust on face brick wall
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- Mess on piping
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- Mess on piping
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- Debris on patio roof
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- Debris on carport roof
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- Debris in gutter
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- Rubble on driveway
Go to Building upstairs, Building Upstairs (Part 2)
| Architect: | Bryan Lee from Lee Sanders Architects |
| Engineer: | Ian Upton |
| Builder: | Patrick O’ Neill from PM Roofrooms |
| Steel Beam Manufacturer: | Patrick Swanepoel from Hazycrest Group |
| Plumber: | Renier van der Merwe from Eco Wise Plumbing |
| Electrician: | Deon van Dyk from Deon’s Electrical |