{"id":12,"date":"2026-09-17T17:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/balconies-and-strata\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:19:12","slug":"balconies-and-strata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/balconies-and-strata\/","title":{"rendered":"Balconies &#038; Strata"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-section=\"section\" data-bps-section-slug=\"hero-10\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3ccb33 section dark moa-xl e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a3ccb33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f6a78c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f6a78c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e02a6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10e02a6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c408bef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c408bef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"hero-10-headline-1\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e559abf5 prehead elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e559abf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Balconies &amp; strata<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"hero-10-headline-2\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa97dfec hero-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa97dfec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most common defect in Brisbane unit blocks<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"hero-10-subheadline-1\" data-bps-type=\"subheadline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a80b0f hero-subtitle elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40a80b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTiled balconies built in the boom years, membranes that were never going to last twenty, and water arriving in the apartment below. We work with committees and building managers on all of it.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d310450e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d310450e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"hero-10-cta-text-1\" data-bps-type=\"cta_button\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db66f214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db66f214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"tel:+61480043640\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Call 0480 043 640<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"hero-10-cta-text-2\" data-bps-type=\"cta_button\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31feb541 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/09\/ws-balcony-hero-187392987-0.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/09\/ws-balcony-hero-187392987-0.png 1024w, https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/09\/ws-balcony-hero-187392987-0-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/watershed-bathrooms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/09\/ws-balcony-hero-187392987-0-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-bps-section=\"section\" data-bps-section-slug=\"features-05\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef01eba3 section light moa-lg e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef01eba3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5d95b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6e5d95b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-headline-2\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92aeae87 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92aeae87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two ways to fix a balcony<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85a1775b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85a1775b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bac0a24 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bac0a24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad90221 e-con-full light moa-sd e-flex section e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ad90221\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-headline-3\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d57439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35d57439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Targeted repair, tiles stay<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-subheadline-1\" data-bps-type=\"subheadline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f22e4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f22e4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSame approach as a shower seal: grout ground out, substrate sealed through the joints, perimeter and penetrations re-detailed, drainage cleared. Good where the slab and falls are sound and the failure is at the surface.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ae17e6 e-con-full light moa-sd e-flex section e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6ae17e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-headline-4\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6535ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad6535ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Full re-membrane<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-subheadline-2\" data-bps-type=\"subheadline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae670c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae670c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTiles and screed off, slab prepared, new membrane and screed with correct falls, new tiles and drainage. Disruptive and expensive, and the only real answer when the falls are wrong or the slab is saturated.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e029b93 e-con-full light moa-sd e-flex section e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e029b93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-headline-5\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a39bb59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a39bb59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How we work with body corporates<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"features-05-subheadline-3\" data-bps-type=\"subheadline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb08dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdb08dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe provide a defect report the committee can put to a vote, staged pricing so works can run over more than one budget year, and a single point of contact for the building manager. Residents get written notice, we work one stack at a time, and access is booked rather than assumed. Certificates and warranties are issued to the body corporate, not the individual owner.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-bps-section=\"section\" data-bps-section-slug=\"cta-04\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd8b527 section dark moa-sd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8dd8b527\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-450627c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"450627c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31300b65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31300b65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"cta-04-headline-1\" data-bps-type=\"headline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e57448 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90e57448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whose problem is it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"cta-04-subheadline-1\" data-bps-type=\"subheadline\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33067b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33067b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn most Queensland schemes the slab and the original membrane are common property, and the tiles and finishes are the owner&#8217;s. Which means a balcony leak is usually a shared repair, and that&#8217;s exactly why these jobs stall for years while nobody agrees.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf98157b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf98157b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf2daf8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf2daf8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebd2d14 e-flex e-con-boxed bps-ghost e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cebd2d14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"cta-04-cta-text-1\" data-bps-type=\"cta_button\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2116464 elementor-align-justify bps-bg-accent-2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b2116464\" 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