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  • Building defects: case notes - Building defects

    27 August 2010

    In the first of an occasional series on the real-life defects that can turn into pitfalls for unwary surveyors, Phil Santo examines the loft at the centre of...

  • Heritage - Let them breathe - Building defects

    10 June 2010

    Debbie Boffin explains how letting moisture evaporate helps to control condensation and damp. Lichfield, an important regional city in Staffordshire, is one of the smallest of England's cathedral...

  • Deleterious materials - The other side of the hill - Building defects

    13 May 2010

    To understand deleterious materials of the future, says Trevor Rushton, we must learn the lessons of the past. Deleterious materials perform in an undesirable way. We have considered...

  • Top ten defects - Building defects

    22 April 2010

    There are many studies on the subject of building defects, and the statistical prevalence of the causes of defects are well documented and subject to much debate. Below...

  • Defects causes - Building defects

    14 April 2010

    There are many studies on the subject of building defects, and the statistical prevalence of the causes of defects are well documented and subject to much debate. Below...

  • Asbestos - Building defects

    14 April 2010

    Many years before the science of mineralogy was evolved, the term asbestos was given to describe two distinct silicate mineral groups - the only common characteristic being their...