Category: Structural

Subsidence in Amsterdam
26/06/2024
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Joe Malone
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Crack monitoring, Heritage & Restoration, Structural, Subsidence, Timber decay
Amsterdam’s Building History I’ve just returned from a 5 day trip to Amsterdam and noting the amount of buildings affected by subsidence has […]
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Subfloor Timber Decay
01/06/2022
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Joe Malone
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Damp, Flooring defects, Heritage & Restoration, Structural, Timber decay, Ventilation
Assessing Subfloor Timber Decay I recently attended a property to inspect a timber staircase where it was suggested by the client that the […]
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Concrete Boot Lintel Failure
14/04/2020
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Joe Malone
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Brickwork, Latent defects, Masonry Defects, Structural
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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Bulging or Leaning Masonry Walls
02/04/2019
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Joe Malone
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Heritage & Restoration, Masonry Defects, Structural, Timber decay, Timber Framed
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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Timber Frame Defects
06/03/2018
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Joe Malone
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Damp, Masonry Defects, Parapet walls, Structural, Timber decay, Timber Framed
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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Concrete Carbonation
20/08/2017
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Joe Malone
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Concrete defects, Structural
Concrete Carbonation We’ve completed a number of projects lately to non-traditional properties and high rise blocks where we’ve had to consider the effects […]
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Investigating Leaking Drains & Other Subterranean Leaks
28/07/2017
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Joe Malone
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Drainage, Structural
Subterranean Leaks are almost always responsible for damp as well as structural issues We recently attended an old property in Nottingham where […]
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Structurally Unsound Composite Floor Joists
25/06/2017
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Joe Malone
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Construction Claims, Flooring defects, Latent defects, Patent defects, Structural
Floor Fails to Take the Load in Bovis New Build We carried out an inspection of a Bovis new build last week […]
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Investigating Sulphate Attack in Floor Slabs
27/05/2016
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Joe Malone
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Flooring defects, Structural, sulphate attack
We were asked if we could carry out another investigation into potential sulphate attack in a floor slab this week. The scenario was […]
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Rare Timber Framed House
25/10/2015
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Joe Malone
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Conservation, Non-Traditional Housing, Structural, Timber Framed
Timber Framed and Technically Obsolete. I was asked to carry out a survey on a fascinating building this week, a very rare 8 […]
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