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Recent Posts:
- A RESPONSE TO THE REPLY To Graham Coleman FROM ARCHIMETRICS LTD CONCERNING THEIR REPORT
- SOME OBSERVATIONS OF THE SPAB RESEARCH REPORT 2. THE SPAB BUILDING PERFORMANCE SURVEY 2016 INTERIM REPORT: 2017
- The Viscous fingering red herring
- Certificated surveyor in timber and damp in buildings exams
- Health and safety takes root
- Building Preservation in the North
- Health and safety is not always clear-cut
- PCA course on Writing Expert Reports
- Successful Remedial Wall Tie installation.
- UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings UKCMB
- PCA conference 2016
- Retrofit insulation Traditional Buildings
- Which Wall Tie is Best? (three parts to all)
- Residential Ventilation Masterclass PCA
- Relative humidity and vapour pressure – which is best?
- Evolution of damp diagnosis for residential surveyors
- Damp caused by cavity wall insulation?
- Property Care experts plan industry wide improvements
- The Property Care Association conference 2015
- Property Care Association membership – what drives this?
- Independent damp surveyors, now cowboys too?
- Thermal images reveal Rising damp in winter – when the air is near saturated
- Goodbye Mould and condensation – with Bpec training
- Promoting a positive health and safety culture – good for business
- CSRT – Why all the fuss?
- Thermal imaging for damp diagnosis
- How to write a damp and timber report (CSRT revision)
- Which type of ‘moisture meter’ is best for damp diagnosis – a quick and simple appraisal.
- Damp in old houses and damp in new ones too – the Safeguard Conference
- Train the trainer with PCA members
- Health and Safety in Property Care; a cultural thing
- Thermal imaging for damp diagnosis – basic competance required
- Mould and flooding for the Property Care Association conference
- Damp Specialist or Anti-Damp-Specialist Damp Specialist?
- My council house is damp – what can I do about it?
- Waterproofing lift pits – David Cook’s view
- The toxic mould gravy train which is based on fear and a victim culture
- June’s Brick-Tie Training day was really fun
- RICS members get the damp and timber surveying treatment via Blue Box Partnership
- Property Care Association AGM and speaker program 25/4/13
- Rising Damp for beginners – how serious is a rising damp diagnosis
- Property Care Association course – timber identification for surveyors
- The Leeds Independent Estate agents, surveyors and valuers association luncheon 2013
- How rising damp came and went and came back again…. and again
- What are wall ties ?
- Damp proofing starts with good damp diagnosis, especially where I’m concerned….
- Damp proofing specialist recommended by your Estate Agent? Beware!
- When is a wall tie corroded?
- Basement waterproofing in new buildings; caustic hazards
- Penetrating damp solved with modular cavity trays
- Advanced Damp diagnosis – gravimetric testing
- Condensation and Mould tackled by Property Care Association members
- Damp-proofing and Damp diagnosis – electrical moisture meters are so useful.
- Membranes for damp control… the good, the bad and the rotten.
- Nebosh class of september 2012 with Don and Nigel
- Chemical Damp proofing reliability (how DryZone changed the rules)
- Wall tie replacement and Damp proofing is noisy work. How noisy?
- BT Preservation & Brick-Tie reach 26 years of service
- Penetrating damp? – you can avoid this problem with some simple home maintenance
- For Property Care Association Members – It’s safety first
- Cavity Drain Membranes rule right?
- Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades
- BT Preservation Property Care Association member
- A day devoted to Success through Service
- Brick-Tie have a day out wall tie surveying with Safeguard.
- Bricklayers are not remedial wall tie technicians
- A presentation to Yorkshire’s RICS members on structural repairs and wall tie replacement.
- Mould, damp and condensation seminar for Leeds Met Building Surveying students
- Six things to check and do before you choose a damp-proofing specialist.
- An informal CPD on condensation, for the Leeds independent RICS surveyors forum
- Property Care Association launch official CPD scheme – hurray!
- 25th aniversary newsletter is full of damp proofing,wall tie and structural repair jobs from 2011
- Damp diagnosis training to another level
- Rising damp in Yorkshire’s post war housing is often caused by construction defects and… rationing!
- Spray Foam for a grade 2 listed building in Yorkshire..good idea?
- Rising Damp – the inevitable rise of moisture through masonry.
- Lascar Data Pad review for damp diagnosis junkies.
- Leeds woodworm infestation is really just Bark Borer–see?
- Part 1 of a review of Caoimhin Connell’s presentation to the Property Care Association
- Certificated Surveyor In Remedial Treatments (CSRT); A chartered surveyor’s view.
- Federation of Master Builders training scheme – Success through Service
- Property Care Association digital media course by Jane Shepherd PR
- Damp, wall ties, waterproofing, woodworm, dry rot, wet rot,structural repairs…yes, all that and more!
- Electronic Damp/Moisture meters and foil backing; an example
- Property Care Association – short course “Introduction to Building thermography”.
- Condensation and damp workshop with The Property Care Association
- A trip around Envirovent’s Harrogate facility
- Property Care Association Northern regional meeting 2011
- Woodworm in houses–some timber survey tips.
- Damp stains on a chimney breast and adjacent ceiling – It may be salts.
- Damp Diagnosis case study; a bridged DPC in a cavity wall
- Damp and Timber CPD with ARC Engineers of Leeds
- Cavity wall tie surveys require more than a boroscope – some diligence and integrity is required!
- Masonry Water repellents have grown up
- What the hell do these moisture meter readings actually mean? or, Have I got rising damp or not?
- Wet rot and X-ray vision, with wall tie corrosion thrown in too.
- The Electrical moisture meter and salts – the pariahs of the damp surveyor?
- Rubbing salt into the wounds
- Why Yorkshire’s new houses and flats get damp and mouldy
- Structural repairs to buildings, using Cintec grouted anchors and diamond drilling methods–Part 1 The Cintec Anchor