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24/06/2021

Yet another modern building with problems. While this doesn't seem to be plumbing related, the exact same thing happens with plumbing defects.

When Zoe Foster visited her doctor for a routine COVID-19 test, the doctor said she had mould spores inside her nose. She knew exactly what it was from: her brand new $672,000 apartment.

05/05/2021

One of the team spotted this gem in Yea (Vic) yesterday. Servicing both a box gutter and eaves gutter, it appears to be the love child of a non-compliant rainhead and a sump 😂 It would be hilarious if not for the serious risk to buildings and contents these sorts of products pose.

27/04/2021

Here's another absolute shocker from the VBA - audits in December 2020 found more than 50% of below ground plumbing installations were not compliant.

There's an old saying that doctors bury their mistakes; unfortunately some plumbers do the same thing just to get the job finished or else don't even know what a compliant job looks like. This leaves the hapless home owner with a ticking time bomb which could end up in a total rebuild.

We are also very much aware that the VBA has investigated many more such properties in the past few years than the 2013 case in Doreen referred to in this article.

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14/02/2021

Now here's one of the most stupid ideas we have ever seen.

Fit a rain head to the apartment building but don't bother about a down pipe. Just slash the front out instead and let the water pour down two stories to the ground every time it rains.

With numerous examples of the same appalling installation design just on this one near new building, you seriously have to wonder if the plumber, builder and building surveyor were all blind and completely incompetent!!

This sort of work should be impossible to get away with. Yet again we ask, "Where is the Victorian Building Authority??" and what is it doing about highly defective roof plumbing work like this??

13/02/2021

And.....the gas installer of the year prize goes to......

16/12/2020

Good to see the VBA acting on what is a very serious issue in the industry. The responsible regulator should have the power to immediately suspend any licenced tradesperson.

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11/12/2020

A pile of non-compliant rain heads bites the dust from a block of exclusive apartments which have leaked for years. What’s on your house or apartment building?

16/10/2020

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14/10/2020

The insurance industry is already ringing the alarm bells about the recent La Nina declaration.

All homes and buildings will survive La Nina events up to 1 in 100 year storms without any internal water entry if they are properly designed and constructed, but the tragedy is most won't pass the ultimate test when it matters. And that's going to continue to cost the insurance industry a bomb, which of course we all end up paying for by way of increased premiums.

What we can't understand is how this has been allowed to happen right across Australia, why roof plumbers are so poorly trained, why seriously defective and non-conforming roof plumbing products like common rain heads are allowed to even be sold, and also why the insurance industry isn't doing something to fix this entirely preventable mess of property and liability disasters.

The La Nina weather system already under way in the tropical Pacific will be stronger than previously thought, raising fears of significant flooding in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

13/10/2020

Is your house cracking or in some sort of distress? You might have recourse through your own Building insurance if a plumbing cause can be identified. Read the full article here:

Unfortunately many home owners find themselves in the horrible predicament of having their dream home start to crack and show signs of what the construction

04/08/2020

Did you know that Metropolis also works for a diverse range of insurance companies, investigating and solving plumbing disasters? Stacey Hopkins from Strata Community Insurance is one of our great clients and had this to say about a recent report - much appreciated Stacey ☺️

"Just want to say a big thank you for the report. The detail was great, and whilst it was fairly technical, it was easy enough for a person like myself with a limited knowledge of plumbing to understand"

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26/07/2020

Rarely do plumbing defects come in isolation to often significant building defects. This property had highly defective brickwork overhanging the slab, in addition to a wide range of plumbing issues 😳