While circumstances such as age and environment do affect how often a building should be inspected, we recommend that strata managers have their buildings inspected at least once every five years to ensure that they are in a sound and liveable condition.
 
Age plays a huge part in determining how often a strata building should be inspected. Both newly built and older buildings should be assessed regularly. Newer buildings should be inspected regularly to ensure that any defects identified can be rectified as early on as possible and similarly older buildings, which are prone to longer term deterioration issues should be inspected regularly to ensure that material failures do not result in the creation of hazardous environments.  Early detection of any condition affecting the structure or amenity of the building is developing, allows an engineer to assess and recommend measures to rectify and conserve the building element.
 
Heritage buildings are of particular interest with regard to regular assessments and Bellmont are highly skilled in this field having worked on some of Sydney’s most prestigious Heritage structures.

If you are a manager or owner who wishes to have your building inspected by a professional, the team at BellMont would be more than happy to assist! You can get in contact with us below.

It’s a question that gets frequently asked by clients whenever they discover an unwanted fungal issue in their building. Although, Dry Rot and Wet Rot are the two of the most common forms of decay consultants come across, there is still confusion surrounding the differences between the two and what they mean for a buildings health. Read on to find out the difference between Dry Rot and Wet Rot. 
 
Wet Rot:
 
This form of decay is just how it sounds, wet. Unlike Dry Rot, Wet Rot requires a lot higher moisture content and usually occurs in places of a house that can be susceptible to water leakage. If this rot is left untreated, it can result in serious structural damage to the building as it causes the timber to become soft, spongey, dried up and decayed. While Wet Rot does tend to occur more than Dry Rot, it is less serious. In order to identify this issue within your property, you have to look out for black fungus growing on timber, soft and spongey timber and cracks or crumbling of the walls.
 
Dry Rot:
 
Dry Rot is the sneakier fungus of the two, although it doesn’t occur as often as Wet Rot , when it does, it likes to hide in places where property owners are unlikely to look, such as attics and under floors. These areas have poor ventilation and therefore leave room for moisture and in turn, fungus. In order to stop this fungus in its tracks you have to look for signs such as , a damp or musty odour, shrinkage and discolouring of wood, cracking of wood, rust red coloured spore dust and a white, fluffy cotton wool growths.
 
If any of these signs of Dry Rot or Wet Rot sound like something your building is experiencing you may require our help. Simply shoot us an email at info@bellmont.net so we can assess your building and work to get it back in its tip top shape!