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Insulation Retrofit

Solid Wall Insulation offers the greatest carbon savings of all energy-saving measures for buildings and, given this technology has been around for decades. I have always been astonished by how little progress is made ...

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Party Walls explained …

As the Party Wall Act enters its 24th year, demand for living space continues to grow in London. The problem is that land is scarce – ‘They just ain’t building any more of it!’ Property owners are forced to consider other options such as...

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The ‘Dirty Dozen’

Here are twelve nasties you don't want your surveyor to find in your home.  Your building survey will normally include investigations on these building defects or hazards.

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RAAC or AAC?

RAAC planks have recently hit the headlines, having been identified as a high risk deleterious material. What are they, why are they only now considered high risk and what of AAC in homes?

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Cowboys Outlawed

Residential building work has been notoriously unregulated in the United Kingdom. It is not unusual that people allow builders to commence quite serious building work to their homes such as extensions, loft conversions and basement excavations with no proper written contract signed by both...

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