Cold weather can affect the behaviour of materials such as concrete. Understand the characteristics of what you’re dealing with and take regular…
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The fire stop should achieve the required fire resistance and include a cavity tray (where required) and weep holes above. The minimum projection of…
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Where more than 50% of the surface of an existing roof is re-covered, a Building Regulations application must be made - and the Regs require the roof…
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Building Regulations Approved Document C recommends using BS 8102 to design basements where walls and floors are subject to water pressure.
Three…
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This Detail is in the vertical masonry that passes between dwellings. It’s a requirement to fire stop any cavity where it is not fully filled. The…
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Attracting new blood to public sector building control remains an urgent issue as the effects of a demographic time bomb hit, incoming LABC President…
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If you’re working on an extension and you find something like the above, you’ll need to put it right.
What’s the problem?
Using a ‘P’ trap at the…
News
Some cable manufacturers are producing ‘golden samples’ to cheat the system and get dodgy cables onto the market.
A Chinese cable manufacturer has…
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The above photograph was taken by one of our building control surveyors carrying out a site inspection, and shows how attention to detail (or a lack…