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DAVID CAMPBELL
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Scopes from recent jobs

What a quote from us looks like. These are from recent quotes with the client, address and prices taken out: what's allowed for, numbered, and what isn't, with the reason.

Failed balcony membrane

Strata apartment, Newcastle

The waterproof membrane under the balcony tiles had failed, and water had damaged the timber trim to the floating floor inside.

Allowance has been made for the following:

Balcony repairs

  1. To remove the balcony tiles, skirting tiles, cement bed, failed waterproof membrane and dispose of wastes. Balcony size approximately 5.2m x 3.1m.
  2. To supply and install a new termination angle under the balcony sliding door.
  3. To apply primer and a 3 x coat waterproof membrane to Australian Standards.
  4. To supply and lay new similar balcony tiles and skirting tiles to a minimum P3 rating, grout and install all necessary seals to junctions as required.
  5. To replace the existing balcony overflow with a larger diameter overflow, noting the existing overflows have been found to be undersized and easily blocked.
  6. To sand, clean and paint the balcony walls on completion in computer matched UV stable acrylic paint.

Resultant damages

  1. To replace the water damaged timber trim to the floating floor.

No allowance has been made for the following:

  1. Removing the glazing, noting we can install a termination angle under the existing glazing.
  2. Any air conditioning works, terminating, re-running the AC lines, etc.

Concrete cancer and rusted garage columns

Strata building, Newcastle

Concrete cancer to the garages and slab edges, and steel columns rusting behind the garage door timbers.

Allowance has been made for the following:

Concrete cancer to the garages and building edges

  1. To access the work area using a combination of trestles, ladders and aluminium mobile scaffolding.
  2. To remove all loose concrete in the location of the concrete cancer and dispose of wastes.
  3. To grind clean and wire brush clean all rusted reinforcement.
  4. To apply a generous application of zinc rich oxide to the bare reinforcement.
  5. To apply 2 x epoxy coats to the reinforcement.
  6. To reconstruct the concrete and apply render.
  7. To clean the repaired surfaces, seal and paint in UV stable computer matched acrylic paint.

Rusted garage door columns

  1. To remove all timbers to the perimeter of the garage doors to expose the rusted metal columns.
  2. To mechanically clean back the rust from the metal columns.
  3. To prime in a zinc rich oxide paint and apply 2 x top coats of epoxy enamel.
  4. To supply and install new timbers to cover the columns and to the garage door perimeters.
  5. To putty nail and screw heads, sand, seal and paint all new timbers in a UV stable semi gloss acrylic paint.

No allowance has been made for the following:

  1. Repainting all previously painted surfaces. Allowance has been made to paint only the repaired surfaces.
  2. Any internal repairs.

Gutter and eave repairs

Strata units, East Maitland

A fatigued gutter between two units, and eaves damaged by building movement.

Allowance has been made for the following:

  1. To access the gutter line with a mobile scaffolding.
  2. To remove the 11m long fatigued guttering and dispose of wastes.
  3. To remove the rotten and damaged quad moulding to the eaves and around the top of the windows and dispose of.
  4. To remove the eaves affected by building movement and dispose of.
  5. To supply and install a new matching section of guttering complete with stop ends and spout.
  6. To reconnect the downpipe.
  7. To supply and install new eaves and timber quad moulding.
  8. To putty nail heads, sand, seal and paint in computer matched acrylic paint.

No allowance has been made for the following:

  1. Repairs to any cracked mortar or bricks, as this is to be monitored only at this stage.

Failed bathroom membrane

Unit, Cooks Hill

The bathroom had been leaking through the floor, rotting the floorboards underneath.

Allowance has been made for the following:

  1. To remove the shower screen, vanity, toilet, tapware, towel rail and mirror and store all on site for reinstating after repairs have been completed.
  2. To remove the bathroom floor tiles, cement bed, bathroom wall tiles and dispose of all.
  3. To remove the failed waterproof membrane and dispose of.
  4. To remove the rotten timber floorboards and wall sheets and dispose of.
  5. To supply and install new flooring and wall sheets.
  6. To apply primer and a 3 x coat reinforced waterproof membrane to code.
  7. To supply and install new bathroom floor tiles and bathroom wall tiles.
  8. To supply and install new floor wastes.
  9. To grout all new floor and wall tiles and install silicone seals to all internals.
  10. To reinstate the shower screen, vanity, toilet, tapware, towel rail and mirror on completion.

No allowance has been made for the following:

  1. Increasing the size of the floor waste, noting the existing floor waste is only 40mm and this is not to code.
  2. Replacing the shower screen with new, noting the existing shower screen is in poor condition.
  3. Any repairs to the water damaged plasterboard ceiling below at this stage.
  4. Any roof repairs. The roof gutters and valleys are full of leaves and the roof pointing is heavily cracked.

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