Category: Ventilation

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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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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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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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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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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Dealing with Construction Moisture
14/11/2015
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Joe Malone
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Development, Flooring defects, Ventilation
Why Construction Moisture Can Severely Delay a Development Programme. We dealt with two issues this week relating to problems caused by construction moisture. […]
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Cutting Corners – Builder Short Cuts
19/10/2015
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Joe Malone
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Conservation, Drainage, Masonry Defects, Roofing, Structural, Ventilation
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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Not a fan of installations done this badly
19/07/2015
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Joe Malone
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Ventilation
More new build woes unfortunately, this time relating to poor installation of extraction systems. Multivent installations are becoming increasingly popular in new build […]
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