Perhaps surprisingly, structural movement is common to every home in the country. Whilst almost all houses experience some level of movement, the effects are usually so minimal as to pass unnoticed.
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How close is too close, when it comes to trees in your garden?
The roots of trees can heave your greatest asset into the air, or they can remove all the moisture from the ground causing cracks outside your front door – and up the wall!
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Has Brexit affected housebuilding?
During August 2016, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) conducted a survey of 108 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), asking how the Brexit vote had affected their businesses.
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Defect 6 – Insect Infestation or ‘woodworm’
In our last article on the timber defect theme, we’ll take a look at insect infestation, which can be devastating to your home.
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Click-Together ‘bricks’ for buildings in the future
Everyone is aware of how Lego bricks work – click together components to create walls and roofs, ships and space-craft, cars and animals.
Now an Israeli developer has designed a set of building bricks for full-scale buildings.
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New Barn Conversions in decline
The demand for Barns and other redundant agricultural and industrial buildings to convert into residential accommodation is now significantly in decline.
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‘Living’ bricks to supply fresh water and electricity to buildings
We are now used to photo voltaic roof tiles and other ways of using our building materials to help fuel our homes or assist with energy provision.
Now the next evolution of building materials has arrived.
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NEW SERIES: 10 defects that could be hiding in your home – a surveyor’s view
Defect 3 – Rising Damp
In part 1, we covered, last month it was water ingress, and this month we’re going to take a look at rising damp, which is defined as the upwards flow of moisture through a permeable wall structure.
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A surveyor’s guide to home maintenance – Drainage
Drainage faults are a common source of water ingress, so keeping your drainage systems in good order is essential to maintaining a dry house.
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Is our green countryside being sacrificed for new housing?
There is a huge debate between those who think that the country does not have enough housing, and those who believe that our countryside should be protected.
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