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Building health guides
Written from survey practice and cited to published standards. Most building defect advice online is published by firms selling the remedy, and it systematically over-diagnoses the conditions that have products attached. Ours deliberately does not.
Pillar guideRead the guide, about 15 minutes
What is wrong with your building? A guide to diagnosing common defects
Damp, cracks and movement, roofs and ingress, timber decay, concrete spalling, cold surfaces and ventilation. Includes a symptom finder and an urgency triage table.
Deep diveRead the guide, about 12 minutes
Damp in buildings: how to tell condensation, penetrating damp and rising damp apart
The three mechanisms compared, why a high moisture meter reading is not proof of rising damp, and what to try before spending anything.
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Building defects glossary
Plain explanations of damp, defect, construction and building performance terms, from carbonation to interstitial condensation.