Waterproofing in Richmond
Converted warehouses, terraces and newer apartment stock - three kinds of building that leak for three different reasons. We find the cause and fix that.
Why Richmond is built the way it is
Richmond was factories on the river flats and workers’ cottages built around them, and from the 1990s the factories became apartments. So the suburb runs converted industrial buildings, 140-year-old cottages and recent infill blocks side by side, and none of the three fails the same way as the others.
The Richmond buildings we get called to
Converted warehouses
An industrial roof and slab doing a job it was never specified for. The leaks are almost always at what the conversion added - new penetrations, new bathrooms, and where the new work meets the old brick.
Terraces and cottages
Box gutters and valleys between houses built tight to the boundary, with no fall and no access. Add a rear extension with a bathroom in it and the new wet area meets old brickwork with nothing detailing the junction.
Newer apartment blocks
Balconies at the age where the membrane and the sealant at the door threshold start letting go - early enough that owners are surprised, late enough that the builder’s warranty conversation is already difficult.
What we do in Richmond
All of it, everywhere we work. These are the ones Richmond calls us about most.
Permits, if it ever comes to that
Richmond is City of Yarra. The overwhelming majority of the work we do here needs no council involvement. Where it does, Yarra will not fast-track an asset protection permit and takes up to seven business days - which is a reason to have us start it early, and not something for you to chase.