Last week I spent two days in Farnham, Surrey, at the National Flood School. The course was Mould Remediation. I’ve spent many a happy hour learning how to avoid mould growth,by controlling humidity and temperature. Flooding doesn’t respect normal precautions and sadly, mould growth is often a result of any flood, be it ground water […]
Guaranteed wall tie replacement – oh dear..
18 Sep 10 by
Last week I had the misfortune to be asked to check another wonky remedial wall tie installation. My client lives in Morley, Leeds and had his wall ties replaced about 12 years ago. His house is detached, brick-built, with large areas of external render. It is cavity wall insulated. He wants to decorate the render, […]
Type A waterproofing to BS8102 – here’s how.
18 Aug 10 by
Well, before any waterproofing is done, there’s obviously a design stage, so strictly speaking I’ve jumped the gun here – going directly to the business of actually waterproofing the building. As with all materials used for type A waterproofing, the preparation is key to success. Skimp on the prep’ and the project will fail. This […]
Katrina
14 Aug 10 by
This young lady manages Brick-Tie Preservation’s office for me. She also keeps my technicians in line, because I’m too soft…. Looking very happy during a shoot at Roundhay Park in Leeds, where we were celebrating our NVQ level 4 in business management. I also photographed Martin Hughes and Matt from Yorkshire Dampcourse, but I messed […]