Limited Access to Subfloor Preventing Full Inspection
Limited Access to Subfloor Preventing Full Inspection is a moderate-severity soil & foundation defect SURE inspectors have documented across 1 inspection report.
Causes
- Obstructions within the subfloor
- Low access to subfloor areas
Symptoms to look for
- Obstructed areas that could be harbouring timber pest activity, damage, or defects
- Inability to undertake a full visual inspection of the subfloor
Remedies
- Cut hatches above restricted access areas to allow defects to be visually identified
- Further inspection which may include digging, cutting, moving stored items, etc.
Worth asking our inspector about this specifically.
This is common across Perth stock and usually fixable without drama, but the scope of the fix varies. Every SURE inspection includes 12 months of free advice. Call out the defect by name and we check for it directly.
Curated entries in Soil & foundation
- Curated 1–4/5Trees in Close Proximity to Dwelling
Large trees within the foraging radius of the dwelling - typically any tree within 3 m for small species, or within 10 m for large eucalypts - introduce two distinct risks: root-driven soil moisture fluctuation that causes differential footing movement on reactive clay, and a direct termite foraging corridor between a timber food source in the crown or root system and the building structure. Neither defect is always present, but the proximity constitutes a conducive condition that warrants ongoing monitoring.
- Curated 2–5/5Reactive Clay Soil Movement Affecting Foundation
Seasonal expansion and contraction of reactive clay soils causing cyclical foundation movement, wall cracking, and floor level changes. Prevalent in Sydney Western Suburbs and some Perth clay zones. Severity depends on soil class (H, H1, H2, E) and footing design adequacy.