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Testing time for wall ties

03 Mar 10 by

The interesting collapse job in Leeds is now complete.  Well, our involvement is anyway.  My lads have installed the helifix ‘starter ties’ and lateral restraints and this morning, they inflated Cintec grouted anchors installed in the rubble filled areas. The Helifix items are installed in naked brick, so swinging on them is a good test, […]

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A damp apartment or just poor ventilation?

15 Feb 10 by

As we are still in the depths of the ‘condensation season’ I thought I’d post up a brief video I shot today. Whilst some surveys do require some head scratching, perhaps maybe a bit of data logging and many measurements, others just need a bit of common sense. This is a typical case from Leeds, […]

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Wall ties – they’re not needed are they?

15 Feb 10 by

Wall ties are critical to any building with a cavity wall. It doesn’t matter if the wall is a traditional cavity or a rubble filled, pseudo solid wall. This is an example of what happens when wall ties are lacking.  The gable end of this house suffered catastrophic collapse of the gable in high winds […]

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Two days and seven damp and wall tie surveys done…it’s picking up folks.

10 Feb 10 by

Well it’s Wednesday and already my surveys completed include: Damp problems in a rented house in Sheffield (recommended by a friend) Wall tie corrosion on a large semi in Sheffield (found me on the net) Dampness in Harrogate (An existing client) Wall tie corrosion in Ben Ryding (Recommended by a friend) Wall tie corrosion in […]

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The house that Jack built

03 Feb 10 by

I was asked to carry out a timber survey on a house in Leeds. On arrival (Tuesday), I found that the ground floors were concrete beams, with timber boards shot fired on top.  I didn’t want to lift boards as it can be a problem nailing them back. Anyway, I found a small board which […]

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