The Tribunal held that a builder who installs pipes with a latent manufacturing defect carries out a regulated building service that is 'unsatisfactory' within the meaning of s 37(1) of the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 (WA), regardless of the builder's lack of fault or knowledge of the defect, and varied the building remedy order to allow the applicant a further 18 weeks to complete the re-piping work and to delete the order concerning damage to the home and its contents.
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