LATEST BLOG POSTS: Building Defects
Welcome to Peter Barry’s blog posts. You’ll find a range of topics focussing on issues that are important to our clients where we try to answer the questions that we regularly get asked.
A High Level of Service: Drone and camera pole inspections
Tuesday, 5th November 2024 | by: Shaun Blake
Some of the more significant defects that arise with properties can be located at high level. Unseen deterioration can develop to a degree where significant repair work can be required. Defective roof coverings, flashings, gutters and valleys can allow leakage leading to water penetration and associated risk of damage and decay. High level repair work to these and other elements such as ...
Some of the more significant defects that arise with properties can be located at high level. Unseen deterioration can ...
Housing Disrepair Claims – How a surveyor can help resolve the defect and the dispute.
Friday, 28th June 2024 | by: Shaun Blake
Since the introduction of measures under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2019, landlords have a clear duty of ...
New Build Properties and Snagging Lists
Thursday, 30th May 2019 | by: Tom Shute
There are a number of hoops to jump through when negotiating the purchase of a home, particularly when purchasing a new ...
CONTROLLING CONDENSATION AND MOULD
Wednesday, 22nd August 2018 | by: Peter Barry
What is Condensation? There is always some moisture in the air, even if you cannot see it. If air gets cold, it cannot hold ...
Different Types of Asbestos and Where They Can Be Found
Sunday, 1st July 2018 | by: Nick Bridger
What exactly is it? Asbestos is a natural, fibrous mineral that was generally used as a building material in the UK ...
Planning the Maintenance and Repair of Flats
Thursday, 23rd February 2017 | by: Shaun Blake
When you own the freehold of a property, you have complete freedom to deal with the scope and timing of maintenance and ...
CLAY SOILS, SUBSIDENCE, HEAVE, TREES AND ROOTS – PART 3
Thursday, 9th February 2017 | by: Peter Barry
In the first 2 parts of this post we looked at history of subsidence and the influence of trees; in this final part we'll cover other contributory factors such as the presence of ground water and variations in climate. Sloping Sites The slope of the site may have a significant effect for a number of reasons. If the site slopes steeply any buildings on the site will generally have ...
In the first 2 parts of this post we looked at history of subsidence and the influence of trees; in this final part we'll ...
CLAY SOILS, SUBSIDENCE, HEAVE, TREES AND ROOTS – PART 2
Friday, 3rd February 2017 | by: Peter Barry
In the first part of this post we looked at the history of subsidence as we know it today and how subsidence related ...
Clay Soils, Subsidence, Heave, Trees and Roots – Part 1
Wednesday, 25th January 2017 | by: Peter Barry
A Bit of History Anyone who's ever erected a fence in clay soil using timber posts knows that you can hammer these into ...
Repairing or Removing Shared Chimney Stacks
Friday, 25th November 2016 | by: Peter Barry
We looked at typical defects to chimney stacks on the blog a few years ago so today I wanted to cover a related topic – ...
