Category: Condensation

Mould in a Wimpey No Fines House
19/05/2023
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Joe Malone
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Concrete, Concrete defects, Condensation, Damp, Health & Safety, Mould, Non-Traditional Housing, Ventilation
I dealt with one of the more severe cases of condensation damp and mould in a Wimpey No Fines house, that I’ve ever […]
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Cavity Wall Insulation & Flaws in The Legal Argument Against it
30/10/2022
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Joe Malone
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Cavity wall insulation, Condensation, Construction Claims, Damp, Expert Witness, Law, Solid wall insulation (EWI)
I recently completed an expert witness case in Morecambe that had ran for around two years, and in fact claimant and defendant settled […]
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Damp & Mould
04/03/2022
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Joe Malone
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Condensation, CPD, Damp, Damp Training, Law, Ventilation
It’s not lifestyle In October 2021, and following a spate of bad publicity in the press, the Housing Ombudsman Service released a paper […]
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Damp in New Extension
21/12/2020
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Joe Malone
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Condensation, Construction Claims, Damp, Damp Training, Latent defects, Rising Damp
Following on from my last blog, regarding damp in a three month old extension, I recently encountered a similar issue, whereby a newly […]
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A Trip To Berlin
15/01/2018
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Joe Malone
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Concrete, Concrete defects, Condensation, Non-Traditional Housing, Ventilation
Berlin Buildings & Defects I visited Berlin over the Christmas period, a City I’m very familiar with having been on numerous occasions and […]
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Is this what passes for a survey and damp proofing report?
14/08/2016
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Joe Malone
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Condensation, Construction Claims, Damp, Damp Proofers
How damp proofers sell unnecessary DPC injection work. We’ve had to do one inspection this week and one detailed survey relating to production […]
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Ventilation Strategy for Managing Condensation : Part 2
21/03/2016
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Joe Malone
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Condensation, Damp, Ventilation
Looking at Ventilation Strategy & Options In the absence of a modern whole house MVHR (mechanical ventilation and heat recovery) system, which few […]
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Ventilation Strategy for Condensation Management (Part 1)
10/03/2016
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Joe Malone
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Condensation
Ventilation Strategy for Condensation Management. I have previously outlined my views as to whether or not residents are responsible for condensation damp and […]
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Plaster Beetles
22/12/2015
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Joe Malone
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Beetle Infestation, Condensation, Damp
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Training in Damp Investigation and Remediation
24/10/2015
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Joe Malone
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Condensation, Damp, Damp Training, Law, Rising Damp
Why chartered building professionals need their own supplementary damp training qualification and why Housing Providers should have their staff trained. We delivered another 4 […]
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