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If you cut the ridge board out you would weaken the roof because you would loose its bracing effect. That is why if Fink trusses are fitted a board has to be nailed to every rafter just under the apex.

Are you going to do a video on how to lip read?

Great video Sir, very informative thank you. Would I be able to request a video for a building survey for a commercial property.

29 with a possibility of starting a university apprenticeship. What salary would I be looking at during this time? I assume as it is part time it could well take 4-5 years to complete. Then thereafter what salary would I be on?

Please keep producing these videos - they are great! #student

A question regarding roofing if I may. If a roof is in good condition does the age of the tiles matter? For example would a well maintained roof with concrete tiles be flagged on a survey if the property is 30 years old as the tiles have a limited lifespan? Thank you

Is it true that bamboo might be the next Japanese knotweed for homeowners?

If the exterior was brick and pointed in lime, would a sand and cement render internally also cause problems in a traditional solid brick wall?

75mm timber wall plate?? How does that shrink then?? Hmmm. Interesting that a course of brick not seen as a more appropriate substrate.

In the case of the severely fire damaged house. Would it be demolished and built from ground up?

Whats that hand tool meter you are usinh called?

This makes me want to be a building surveyor

I bought a house and the mortgage company insisted on having a damp problem fixed before releasing the finance. The whole ground floor was re plastered to 1m high after chemical injection. I noticed in the front room, wall panelling had been installed on battens for some time before we bought the house. We lived in the property for three years then sold it and the next purchasers survey identified a damp problem to which we were able to complete the sale by invoking the guarantee on the damp proofing we had to have installed to satisfy our mortgage. Another 3 years later I visited the neighbour who told me a broken water pipe had been found underneath the property and had created a large cavity underneath the walls of both houses and put both houses at risk of collapse. I think the mortgage companies are part of the problem still 30 years after my experience insisting on chemical damp proof courses that don’t address the root causes of many damp problems. It’s excellent and important that this surveyor is educating people with his expertise and experience. I now live in another Victorian property which has some other issues this gentleman addresses such as spalling brickwork and rendering on one wall. I will be able to rectify using the information gleaned from this channel. The UK has a large stock of houses built using traditional methods that modern materials and practices can cause significant problems if not properly understood. So thank you for the information and knowledge you are providing.

Those wall plates are put up there with fucking sand. That’s not mortar. That’s gonna crumble to dust in the first heavy winds

Funny everything pushes for bundled oil tanks ( usually end up being plastic) yet in a fire situation they are bloody useless. Had next doors only been a single skin steel tank non of this would have happened. Other than a small boiler external to the property. Hate plastic tanks personally

Interesting snapshot with detail. We needed a Tin Hat, but deemed too expensive by the LA, took some of our walls 4 years to dry out ! -That after the rains of Oct Nov 2018. Good to see some bits will be improved/ modernised, roof ties and extension bits. Will they sand blast those walls? The smell never goes. Will look for more of your videos, we still have scaffolding today, nearly 7 years now 😂

Condense water from a boiler is acidic, that will eat away at the lead on that roof and cause an expensive repair

another great vid really interesting .i can imagine building work in london is really expensive .but the work looks really good

I really appreciate the videos you are making. They always appear very authentic and engaging. Im also embarking on a career change studying for an MSc in Building Surveying and these have been a great contrast to all the screen time! Many thanks

thanks for the video. Would love to become a building surveyor but finding it hard to get an opening as a CPM graduate!

Great video!

Whatever they pay the painters isn't enough, wouldn't get in that cradle for a bag a day.

Are you single mate

In light of your comments at the start of the video regarding the positive comments I thought I would share mine. Have recently took the first step in making a career jump to Building surveying, I was going backwards and forwards for a while and your videos were one of the materials which made me decide to do so. I'm now studying a distance learning MSc and being able to experience the days in the life are incredibly valuable to people like me, as are the 'shadowing' around a survey. Please do keep the videos coming and thank you for everything you've put out this far!

The regular surveying companies confirm rising damp and with associated works cost up to £700 per linear metre . As you note this is not a doc problem in most cases. Often it is the specialist render/plaster repair finishes that actually resolve the problem so they get away with it..

Coffee in Chelsea that half the budget! Great video as always.

It's always fascinating to see your work 👍🏽 keep the videos coming✅

Not concrete 😢 Whenever I come across concrete I skip it

Your driver needs to smile

Nice explanation of what goes on in a surveyors life 👍🔨📐🪚

Did they use cheap light duty straps or heavy 😂

12:17 could I please ask regarding asbestos. I believe it was banned in the UK in around 1998/99 but that usage declined before this date. Though the only definitive test is to take a sample, would you expect asbestos to potentially be present in artex or building materials in houses dating back to 1997 built by large developers?

How on earth did they allow the second property to remain standing after the fire, when it should have been knocked down and a new building erected?

I believe this is quite popular in the United States. In terms of warmer climates is there any argument that condensation will be less likely and that insulating between the rafters will keep more of the intense heat out of the loft space?

What do you think of all the chimney pots that have been repointed using cement motor. I doubt whether any of the builders use the lime mix.

I love watching your videos. I’m a Surveyor, and it’s amazing how different our jobs are! I mainly stick to L2 & L3 Surveys

As a Building Surveyor myself I found this very interesting and a good summary of the potential problems of spray foam insulation. At the end of the day I see no benefits whatsoever of using foam insulation and steer people away from this. As you point out the easiest way to improve thermal insulation in a cold pitched roof structure is at ceiling level - even if this means using a high performance material such as Celotex to get the best results. If people really want a warm pitched roof then sheet insulation combined with a vapour control layer below and a ventilated gap (or a breathable sarking) above is preferred as it is cheaper, reliable and easy to remove - which is why lofts spaces are normally converted using this method. The cost of removing spray foam, especially the adhesive type, is high and should also therefore be a deterring consideration.

And the fink trusses should NOT be stored with their weight resting on the rafter tails. They should be supported on the bottom chord, as they would when fixed down on the wallpaper- common sense basically!!! NOT a good advert for the building company involved. This, and the mess on the second scaffold lift speaks volumes about the lack of pride evident in the British construction industry nowdays. I'm surprised that you did not fla g up the incorrect/ poor storage aspect

With all due respect, I genuinely love the videos and soaking in the knowledge and experience...., however, WHY WOULD YOU DRAG THE PINELESS SENSOR OVER THE SURFACE????? 😲😲😲 Micro-scratches!!!

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Very interesting, thankyou.

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Edit so beat way to fix old buildings is repoint again in lime

Is this a level 2 or 3

I think we were all better off with the insulation available before the Spray Jockeys (you notice how they've all popped up like weeds?), if for no other reason than the old stuff was easier to remove. One of the biggest problems I have is the guys do not do prep before. Foam is paint, and any paint job is ruined by bad prep.

Drastically injecting foam into the cavity-walls would stop the property breathing , resulting in drastic saturating condensation build-up in the inner walls of the property.

Old news taken from Peter Ward we all know this now

Hi I’m having some problems with damp and rats biting I need to find a proper surveyor to look at an investment property

You fail to say where the hygroscopic salts came from in the first place. Nitrates and Chlorides are ground salts these are hygroscopic. If they are found in a wall then that wall has rising dampness now or at some time in the past. It’s possible but unusual for the wall to be contaminated with nitrates from sewage. I prove rising dampness several times a week.

Why is this stuff legal