Month: August 2016

Case Study: Insurance Company Decline Storm Damage Claim

We received a call two years ago from a distressed client. The chimney on his rented house had suffered serious storm damage and was about to collapse. The night before his tenant was so scared of the noise in the attic (i.e. parts of brick were hitting the ceiling) that she slept downstairs for safety. I advised him to erect emergency scaffolding around the chimney and move the tenant into

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I Have Cracks in my Walls What Should I do?

When people call us with this question then we see it as potential subsidence. I always ask the following questions in advance of our free visit. Are the cracks on both sides of the wall ie do they go right through the wall? If only on one side then it could be  just a crack in the plaster. Are the cracks wider at the top than at the bottom. If

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