The top ten defects in new houses are:
- Inadequate fire stopping to party walls.
- Missing or poorly located cavity tray to brick chimneys.
- Low head height on stairs. Head heights not meeting requirements of building regulations.
- Inadequate provision of ventilation to drainage system. Drainage system vented into attic.
- Poorly dispersed insulation within roof void / attic and obstruction of ventilation to roof void.
- Inadequately covered / insulated water tanks within attic.
- Poorly fitted windows, window openings not meeting requirements of current building regulations.
- Inadequate bracing / strapping to pre-fabricated trusses.
- General misunderstanding of principles of timber frame construction and poor detailing of same.
- Poorly finished joinery.
