The UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings (UKCMB) Last Wednesday I was in London for the launch of the UKCMB. The launch was at the Roberts Building, University Collage London. About 100 interested parties were invited along to hear about the UKCMB and find out how they could get involved with its work. I was […]
Relative humidity and vapour pressure – which is best?
14 Dec 15 by
Time for a chat about humidity and the internal environment. A student asked me the other day “Why would I need to find out the vapour pressure in a house, when I already have the Relative Humidity”? A great question and one which others have asked, so I thought I’d explain the […]
Evolution of damp diagnosis for residential surveyors
25 Nov 15 by
Damp diagnosis conferences nationally Phew…. Just finished a series of five conferences across England, for residential surveyors. I was just one of five expert speakers, offering continuing professional development to delegates on each day, over several weeks from October to last Tuesday. My presentation was entitled “The evolution of damp diagnosis; surveying and reporting […]
Property Care experts plan industry wide improvements
09 Jul 15 by
I spent the day with some leading lights of the Property Care Association this week. The event was a meeting of the PCA examiners and markers from all sections of the PCA. This included the preservation sector for the CSRT (Certificated Surveyor in Remedial Treatments), the Structural waterproofing section CSSW (Certificated surveyor in structural waterproofing), […]
The Property Care Association conference 2015
28 Jun 15 by
I attended the Property Care Association conference last week. It was the best yet, with five speakers on a wide range of relevant preservation topics. The first was Peter Wilson of The Wood Studio The wood studio is part of the Forest products section of Edinburgh Napier University.His presentation was excellent, filled with great nuggets […]