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QBCC, working at heights, asbestos, manufacturer batch numbers, and how to choose a crew without a commission-hungry canvasser on the verandah.
A membrane system is a chemical product with a batch, a data sheet and conditions. A spoken “ten-year warranty” is none of those things until someone writes the numbers down.
Tom Birtles · 16 June 2025
The old Brisbane restoration sites were written by people who climbed. The modern verandah conversation is often written by someone who will never see the ridge. Here is how to tell those two visits apart.
Meredith Keane · 19 May 2025
Most Brisbane roof tiles are not asbestos. The sheets, linings, old backing and dust around them sometimes are. The competent response is neither panic nor a grinder.
Lila Nguyen · 18 April 2025
Fall arrest, temporary anchors and edge protection are not optional extras on a two-storey Queenslander. They are the difference between a restoration and a cheap quote that has already decided whose body will pay for the saving.
Dean Harcourt · 31 March 2025
A Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence is not a personality endorsement. It is a legal threshold, a searchable record, and the first fact a Brisbane homeowner should check before anyone sets a ladder against the fascia.
Dean Harcourt · 24 February 2025