ABOUT US

PERTH’S DEDICATED PLASTER & PAINTING INSPECTION CONSULTANCY

Welcome to THE PLASTER DOCTOR WA. A bespoke inspection consultancy that has many years of experience in the Inspection, Testing and Analysis of plaster and painted substrates.

Over the years our consultants have been recognised for their work within the plaster and painting and industry, as well as by builders, architects, engineers and legal practitioners. We have inspected, surveyed, assessed plaster issues for numerous entities spanning the Government, Heritage, Commercial and Residential sectors.

Based in Perth our services extend intrastate and interstate. As our clients can attest, we offer and achieve high standards of professionalism, cost-effectiveness and on-time delivery. Whether you are home owner, a builder or are currently in a dispute over workmanship, we can help you.

: Home Owners

: Builders

: Dispute Resolution

Services

CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE A HOME OWNER

WHAT CAN HOME OWNERS DO ABOUT SOFT PLASTER OR PEELING PAINT?

Home owners can lodge complaints about workmanship on their homes for up to six (6) years in accordance with the Western Australian Building Commission Act of 2011. Many home owners complain that their walls get damaged easily, or that the plaster is soft. Realistically all walls get knocked from general use. Commonly blue tack or painters masking tapes will remove paint from the walls.

The home owner must prove that the walls are faulty in some way or that the tradesperson did not follow the specification. The builder may have plastered and painted the walls, or just done the plastering only.

THE PLASTER DOCTOR WA can help you to identify what has gone wrong, and how to proceed.

CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE A BUILDER

BUILDERS

Builders have a responsibility to ensure their trades carry out their work in a proper and proficient manner. Sometimes it can be difficult to ascertain who is at fault between the trades and who is liable.

Builders receive many complaints from home owners, some warranted, others not.

The builder’s trades have their own responsibility to follow the Specification and any relevant Australian Standards and Codes.

THE PLASTER DOCTOR WA can help you to delineate the lines of responsibilities, and liabilities.

CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE IN DISPUTE

HOW DISPUTES ARE HANDLED

Complaints lodged with the Building Commission of Western Australia or the State Administrative Tribunal require evidence to support your claim. An expert is required to carry out an inspection, testing, and provide a written report with supporting evidence.

THE PLASTER DOCTOR WA is experienced and qualified to assist in these areas.

TESTING PLASTER & SOME COMMON DEFECTS

: Testing the plaster for alkalinity.

: Checking Moisture Levels on the Surface

: Walls were stripped because the painter did not check if the sealer actually bound the outer layer of plaster

: Polished or Burnished Walls

: Cement Rendered Walls

: Moisture Meter checking moisture below the surface level

: Testing White-set for Incoherence and Surface Powder

: Semi Quantitative Test for Hardness

: Sealer applied too thin

: Efflorescence can appear as a white fluffy substance

: 14 Year old whiteset plaster. pH is still 13. Cracks indicate plasterer did not sufficiently wet background.

: Plasterer had no idea when he patched the white-set with plasterboard topping compound

: White-set plaster is only 1mm thick. How can the plasterer justify he has carried out his work in a proper and proficient manner?

Inspection

Testing

Analysis