Building Defect Analysis
A Chartered professional's practical insight into why buildings fail.
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Joe Malone
Why do Gypsum plaster floors fail? Last week I carried out a pre-purchase survey on a 250 year old cottage in the East […]
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Was woodworm treatment necessary? I was recently asked to review a report, supplied by a large National damp proofing company, on behalf of […]
An Introduction to Thatched Roofing We carried out a full condition survey last week on a beautiful 600 year old cottage in Nottinghamshire. From my […]
Possibly the best material you could have on your roof. We do a lot of conservation and heritage work and we surveyed another […]
Causes of Failure in External Render & What to do About it. When I started writing this blog I originally assumed that would […]
Keeping Thin Joints Thin We rarely see repointing done well in standard 10mm mortar joints so imagine what we find when encountering thin […]
Timber Framed and Technically Obsolete. I was asked to carry out a survey on a fascinating building this week, a very rare 8 […]
A Number of Builder Short Cuts Adopted by Builders Builder Short Cuts – We come across so many short cuts adopted by builders […]
Why DPC Injection Work is Rarely Required. The damp proofing industry in the UK commonly promote two statements that are fundamental to this […]
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