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Structural Warranty Insurance Explained: Protecting Your Property for the Long Term
Introduction If you’re involved in property, whether you’re developing, building, investing, or buying, you’ve likely come across the term Structural Warranty. It’s one of those essentials that...
Read MoreJune Newsletter – Materials
CONCRETE Concrete, a hard and strong composite material simulating the properties of natural rock, is a common feature of the modern environment. In fact, concrete is the...
Read MorePrefabricated houses are on the rise
The future is prefabricated – or so many in the industry would have you believe. It’s hard to deny the “prefab boom” the construction sector has experienced...
Read MoreSHINING A LIGHT ON ROOF FIXING AND VENTILATION
1. WHAT A LOAD OF BS The British standard for slating and tiling came into effect as a mandatory requirement in February 2015; it has now been...
Read MoreDEW CARE & ATTENTION
RELATIVELY SPEAKING In order to understand what interstitial damp is we firstly need to look at what causes water to condensate. The air within a house or a single...
Read MoreA RISING CONCERN
SUCK IT UP A misconception regarding ‘rising damp’ is that it is the water rising up the building under a ground pressure or positive hydrostatic forces; actually,...
Read MoreRoof Trusses & Elements
ORIGINS OF THE TRUSS Trussed rafters are defined as triangulated timber frames. Ordinarily, trusses will be located at a centre (distance from the outer face to the...
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