Bathrooms are one of the primary rooms to renovate in a home and across our 30+ year history, the team at Probuilder have renovated a lot of bathrooms! When it comes to renovating bathrooms many homeowners and builders find themselves with costly traps that they...
When it comes to making changes to your home, two terms that are often used interchangeably are "renovation" and "refurbishment." But, what is the difference? A refurbishment is a home improvement project that involves making cosmetic changes to your home without making major structural changes. Refurbishments...
What’s lurking behind your walls? From the road this beautiful home looked great. Up close told another story. This photo shows a section of rotten frame under the cladding from a hairline crack. During wet weather, via capillary action, water was constantly drawn in and the...
Roof leaks & poor workmanship. This year we experienced a period of wetter than normal weather and a La Niña pattern developing. As a result, at ProBuilder Repairs we have been called on to look at more and more roofs that are leaking....
ProBuilder Repairs ~ LVL’s or laminated veneered lumber is very popular and regularly specified by designers of late. Laminated veneered lumber is basically plywood strips glued and compressed together to form an engineered beam. It used to be readily available (until...
Modern technology is making ProBuilder jobs safer, easier and more cost effective. This photo shows future carpenter Jamie carrying out a drone inspection on a very high roof. In the old days we would have had a scaffold built to get to such an...
Building in testing times ~ In the current building boom, price rises in materials and sub-trades costs are putting builders are under pressure. This is due to funds being diverted away from travel, along with the government assistance provided in 2020, At ProBuilder we are...
Water leaks cause major damage to homes. Unfortunately water leaks are not always evident and can be trickling away unknown in your home. Normally a wet spot or mould is noticed by the home owner and we investigate to find hidden damage. ...
At ProBuilder we put in a lot of hours as part of our ProBuilder tender system before a new project commences. We need to familiarise ourselves totally with the project and make sure that everything is documented. What’s in the clients mind needs to...