RJ BIRD Building Pty Ltd Get a quote

Sydney remedial and strata builders since 1991.

Since 1991 we have specialised in remedial work and waterproofing across Sydney, and we are also the builders owners call for renovations, attic conversions and extensions. Licensed, insured, and still answering the phone the same day.

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A three storey red brick apartment building on an ordinary Sydney street, photographed from the footpath opposite on an overcast day
Licence
285018C
Reply
Same business day
Warranty
12 months workmanshipplus your statutory rights
Accredited
Master Builders · HIA
Established
1991
Where we work
Greater Sydney
Insurance
Public liability, PIand Home Building Compensation where required
Office
Eastwood NSW
Member of Master Builders Association NSW member Housing Industry Association member
Work we have completed

Finished properly, and finished when we said it would be

Balconies, bathrooms, roofs, facades and attic conversions across the north and west of Sydney.

A newly completed apartment balcony with new stone-look tiles, a frameless glass balustrade and a potted olive tree, overlooking leafy Sydney rooftops at golden hour
Balcony rebuildRe-waterproofed and re-tiled
A finished apartment bathroom after re-waterproofing, with pale grey tiling, a chrome shower set and a clean silicone line at the floor junction
BathroomFit-out and waterproofing
A finished attic conversion with painted timber rafters, skylights and a built-in window seat
Attic conversion
A restored terracotta tile roof with fresh ridge capping under a clear blue sky
Roof restoration
The corner of a freshly rendered apartment building with a deep green handrail and native planting
Facade & render
The same balcony, twice

What a proper repair changes, and what a cosmetic one hides

Drag the handle across. On the left is the finished balcony: a new membrane, falls corrected so water runs to the outlet, new tiles laid over the top, and a slab edge that has stopped weeping.

A tired 1970s Sydney apartment balcony with cracked render, faded tiles, efflorescence along the slab edge and rust bleeding from the balustrade fixings The same balcony after remedial work, with fresh render, new tiles laid to fall, a clean slab edge and a repainted balustrade Before After

Illustrative of the work, not a specific client property.

How materials age

We are paid to know what a building is made of, and how it fails

Sandstone weathers, brickwork loses its mortar, render cracks, membranes go brittle and reinforcing steel corrodes, and each of them does so on its own timetable. Knowing which one you are looking at is the difference between a repair that lasts and one that only looks finished.

Extreme macro of Sydney honey sandstone showing ochre and cream mineral veining and iron oxide banding in raking light
SandstoneSydney's own stone. The iron banding tells you which way it was bedded, and which way it will weather.
Detail of a newly tiled balcony edge meeting a rendered upstand with a slim stainless drainage channel
The junctionAlmost every balcony failure happens where two materials meet, not in the middle of either one.
Jacaranda blossom backlit against a warm red-brown Sydney face-brick wall
Face brickWe have worked these streets since 1991. We know how the local stock was built and where it lets water in.
The work we take on

From a single leaking balcony through to a full renovation

Remedial work is our specialism and where most jobs begin, but whatever the job, it is the same crew, the same paperwork and the same warranty.

Waterproofing

Balconies, podium decks, rooftops, planter boxes and wet areas, stripped back and rebuilt with manufacturer-backed membranes.

AS 4654.2

Concrete repair

Cut back to sound concrete, treat the exposed steel, rebuild with repair mortars and seal with anti-carbonation coatings.

Spalling · injection

Facade remediation

External wall repair, render patching, expansion joint replacement and protective coatings, to get the envelope sealed again.

Before a special levy

Roofing

Restoration, re-pointing, leak detection and repairs to both metal and tile, built for what Sydney weather actually does.

National Construction Code

Strata maintenance

Scheduled inspections and a maintenance program for common property, so the small things get caught while they are still small.

Common property

Renovations

Bathrooms, kitchens, attic conversions, extensions and commercial fit-outs, under the same licence and the same warranty.

Licence 285018C
Who the work is for

Four kinds of client, and one way of working

Most of our work comes through strata committees and their managers, but a homeowner with one bathroom gets the same crew, the same paperwork and the same warranty.

Strata and body corporate

Common property repairs, scheduled maintenance and capital works for unit blocks, with the documentation your committee needs.

Property managers

Repairs and upkeep across a rental portfolio. One person owns the job, so you are not chasing three trades for one address.

Homeowners

A leaking balcony, a bathroom, an attic conversion or an extension. The same discipline we bring to a forty unit block, on your own house.

Commercial and retail

Fit-outs, facade repair and building remediation for shops, offices and commercial space, worked around your trading hours.

What we hold ourselves to

Five standards this office runs on

Most builders promise good work, but the difference usually shows up in the paperwork, so ours is written down and everyone here is held to it.

1

We answer the same business day

Your enquiry is answered the same business day it arrives. Every quote is chased on day 7 and day 14, and ends with a written result: won, lost or expired.

2

We investigate rather than guess

Prices come off the rate list or from Rodney. What we cannot see, we exclude in writing rather than pad into the price.

3

Everything goes in writing

What was agreed is recorded with the name of whoever agreed it, your reference is copied exactly onto everything, and the work is photographed as it goes.

4

One person owns the job

One person owns your job from first email to work order, so you are never re-explaining the building to somebody new.

5

Anything unexpected is raised early

If the site visit turns up something you did not ask about, you hear about it before we quote, not after we invoice.

And the one nobody here bends. If the safety paperwork is not done, day one moves. Asbestos means stop. Heights mean a method statement. Those rules protect your residents as much as they protect our trades.

Reading the early signs

Two defects worth catching before they spread

Both have a cheap repair that looks finished on the day and fails again within a couple of years, and we would rather you could tell the difference before you accept a quote.

The underside of a concrete balcony slab showing a hairline crack, white efflorescence and a spreading damp stain

Staining on a balcony soffit

White salty deposits along the slab edge and a damp patch on the ceiling below usually mean the membrane under the tiles has failed, or was never turned up far enough at the door threshold.

Re-grouting seals the top and traps the water underneath.

Spalled concrete on a balcony edge exposing corroded steel reinforcement with rust staining below

Concrete spalling and cracking

Rust staining and cracks running in straight lines mean moisture has reached the steel inside. As it corrodes it expands and pushes the concrete off from within.

Patching without treating the steel lets go again inside a couple of years.

If you recognise either of these on your building, the inspection is free and you get what we find in writing, whether or not you go ahead with us.

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Field report
“I was braced for resident complaints the whole six weeks. Barely got any.”
Sarah MitchellStrata manager · Chatswood
Scope
40 balconies
Duration
6 weeks
Leaks since
None
Variations
Nil
Coverage

We work across the north and west of Sydney

The office is in Eastwood, and the crews work right across the north and west of Sydney. If your building sits just outside that, ring anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we can get to it.

  • Eastwood
  • Epping
  • Ryde
  • Chatswood
  • Macquarie Park
  • North Sydney
  • Parramatta
  • Carlingford
  • Marsfield
  • West Ryde
  • Meadowbank
  • Gladesville
  • Ermington
  • Dundas
  • Hills District
Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. RJ BIRD Building holds NSW builder licence 285018C and carries both public liability and professional indemnity cover. You can check the licence yourself on the NSW Fair Trading licence checker, which is the point of putting the number on the page.

How quickly will I hear back?

The same business day your enquiry arrives. If you send a reference number we copy it exactly onto everything that comes back to you, so it files cleanly at your end.

What does remedial work cost?

Every building is different, which is why the site inspection is free. You get an itemised quote with the scope written plainly and the exclusions stated, priced off our rate list rather than guessed. Nothing starts until you are comfortable with both the price and the scope.

Do you work with strata managers and owners corporations?

They are most of our work. You get photographic progress records, documentation tidy enough for your files, and one named person who owns the job from the first email to the work order. We are happy to attend committee meetings where that helps.

What is concrete cancer, and can it be fixed?

It is the steel reinforcement inside the concrete corroding. As it corrodes it expands and pushes the concrete off from within, which is why you see rust staining and straight-line cracks. It is very fixable: cut back to sound concrete, treat the exposed bar, rebuild with repair mortars and seal with an anti-carbonation coating so it does not start again.

Do you take on renovations and attic conversions?

Yes. Alongside the remedial and strata work we do bathrooms, kitchens, attic conversions and extensions. An attic conversion adds a room without extending the footprint, and we handle the structure, skylights, stairs and insulation under the one licence, with the same 12-month workmanship warranty.

We work out what is actually wrong, repair it properly, and stand behind it.

That has been the whole idea since 1991, and it has not needed changing.

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Tell us what you have noticed, and we will take it from there

You will hear back from us the same business day. If you have a reference number, include it and we will copy it onto everything we send you.

NSW licence
285018C Verify (opens in a new tab)
ABN
48 606 543 382
Insurance
Public liability, professional indemnity, and Home Building Compensation cover where the job requires it
Memberships
Master Builders NSW · HIA
How should we get back to you?
A reference number here gets copied onto everything we send back.

We get back to you the same business day.

  1. 1We call you

    We ring you the same business day to understand the situation. Expect questions rather than a sales pitch.

  2. 2Free site inspection

    We come out, work out what is actually wrong, and photograph everything, so the record is yours to keep.

  3. 3An itemised quote

    The quote is priced off the rate list with every exclusion written down, so you can compare it honestly against anyone else’s.