Category: Masonry Defects
Understanding why Concrete Boot Lintels fail Whilst carrying out a recent building condition survey in Nottingham, I encountered a case of concrete boot […]
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Typical Causes of bulging or leaning masonry in old solid walled buildings It’s a fairly common occurrence to survey old solid walled buildings […]
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Common Timber Frame Problems We were recently called to investigate some damp and structural issues to a 12 year old timber frame Neo-Georgian […]
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The worst brickwork we’ve ever seen. Back in July we were called to carry out a snagging inspection to a David Wilson Homes […]
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Calcium Silicate Bricks: A Case Study Some time ago I was asked to investigate structural cracking in a large residential scheme in the […]
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Keeping Thin Joints Thin We rarely see repointing done well in standard 10mm mortar joints so imagine what we find when encountering thin […]
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A Number of Builder Short Cuts Adopted by Builders Builder Short Cuts – We come across so many short cuts adopted by builders […]
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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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A while back we were commissioned to investigate a damp problem on an old public library. The library had previously been used as […]
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Are Wall Base Plinths A Good Idea? Wall base plinths are generally poorly understood and I attribute this to the confusion caused by […]
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