To identify, correct and maybe even avoid deterioration of your valuable asset (i.e. your entire strata scheme), a Preventative Maintenance Program for what is known as ‘Major Works’ should be discussed with your Strata Manager and all the owners – and implemented as soon as possible.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE – we’re not talking about fixing a leaking tap in the gardens or fixing the mailbox latch that suddenly refuses to open or repairing the TV antenna on the roof because a pelican flew into it last week and broke it……It’s the BIG Ticket Items that will come around on a cyclical or semi-cyclical basis.
Essentially, everything that can breakdown, wear out or deteriorate over time should be identified and included in the PMP .
The method of preventative maintenance for each item should be determined and put into some sort of schedule – like clearing Storm water and Swere systems every 6 months…..
Even the location of a building can often cause certain areas to deteriorate quicker than usual.
Two simple examples of this are
concrete surfaces located near the ocean
Windows / Buildings facing the western sun
Pearla Plumbing has been servicing the needs of Strata and Realestaste clients ( big and small ) for over 50 years – we have not come across a problem we cant solve – if we don’t know the answer we will commit to finding it.
Generally speaking, in most strata schemes, particularly on the Northern Beaches, the lot owner owns the airspace and everything in it within the boundary of the unit. They don’t own the main structure of the building.
The owners corporation is responsible for the repair and maintenance of common property.
This publication provides a list of items found within a building that could generally be considered common property. However, depending on the history of the building, renovations and by-laws, determining what is and isn’t common property is a complex matter. In most cases you will need to refer to the strata plan and by-laws to determine who is responsible for repairs and maintenance.
The owners corporation must look after common property and do all repairs, unless it decides by special resolution that it is inappropriate for a particular item and its decision will not affect the safety or appearance of the strata scheme. This includes replacing and renewing common property when needed.
The owners corporation can decide at a general meeting to allow a lot owner to add, alter or erect a new structure that improves or enhances common property. If the ongoing maintenance for any alteration, addition or erection is to be the responsibility of a lot owner, a by-law must be created. Otherwise the owners corporation becomes responsible
We would be pleased to discuss your questions or call your Strata Manager or Managing agent and ask them.
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Bathroom Bathroom Cabinet and/or mirror – Owner
Bathroom Blocked floor drain – Owners Corporation
Bathroom Burst pipe general – Owner/Owners Corporation
Bathroom Cracked bath/handbasin – Owner
Bathroom Dripping “S” bend under sink – Owner
Bathroom Ducting covering stack – Owners Corporation
Bathroom Exhaust fans – Owner/Owners Corporation
Bathroom hot water service – exclusive to a lot – Owner/Owners Corporation
Bathroom Leaking pipes under sink – Owner
Bathroom Main stop cock to unit – Owners Corporation
Plumbing Blocked floor drain – Owners Corporation
Plumbing Blocked sewer – Owners Corporation
Plumbing Damage to unit after water leak – Owner/Owners Corporation
Plumbing Plug and waste in bath – Owner
Plumbing Water leaking from shower – Owner/Owners Corporation
Plumbing Water leaking from shower taps – Owner
Plumbing Water leaking through tiles – Owner /Owners Corporation
Windows Seal to window – Owner/Owner Corporation
Bathroom Shower Screen repairs – Owner
Bathroom Toilet bowl – Owner
Bathroom Toilet Cistern – Owner
Bathroom Water leaking from bath – Owner
Bathroom Water leaking from shower – Owner/Owners Corporation
Bathroom water leaking from shower taps – Owner
Kitchen Burst pipe general – Owner/Ownwers Corporation
Kitchen Dishwasher – Owner
Kitchen Dripping “S” bend under sink – Owner
Kitchen Ducting covering stack – Owners Corporation
Kitchen Exhaust fans – Owner / Owners Corporation
Kitchen Floor and wall tiles – Owner / Owners Corporation
Kitchen Insinkerators – Owner
Kitchen Kitchen cupboards – Owner
Kitchen Leaking pipes under sink – Owner
Kitchen Stoves – gas – Owner
Water leaking through tiles – Ownwer/Owners Corporation
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In the event that your water warmer begins making a considerable measure of noise, you’ve presumably quit fooling around issues. It could cause a short that blows your circuit breakers. It could likewise begin to develop residue, which stops up your water radiator and consumes abundance power to warm. You may have the capacity to beat repairs briefly by depleting the framework totally and afterward refilling it.
It’s vital to get the correct hardware. When you utilize water, it’s conveyed from a decent separation away, and it’s constrained by means of a pressurized framework. This weight can bust low quality channels and hardware. Having a PRV and quality channelling can be the distinction dependability and an enormous chaos.
To incidentally stop a little hole, sever a pencil point in the pipe opening and after that wrap the pipe with three layers of plastic circuit repairman’s tape, broadening 3 creeps on either side of the gap. You can likewise clasp a bit of elastic, for example, an old elastic glove, over the break. In the event that it’s a noteworthy break, however, kill the water supply instantly at the principle shutoff valve and supplant the pipe.
Water hammer (the noise you’ve portrayed) happens on the grounds that the water in the channels pummels to a quit, causing a stun wave and a pounding commotion. It’s irritating as well as dangerous to the funnels. You can limit or dispense with water pound by introducing air chambers deadlock bits of pipe. Most clothes washer producers suggest additional long chambers—up to 24 inches—to give added pad to sudden side roads.
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