Author Archives: George

As a board member of GPT and GPI for fourteen years, helping to ensure that damp, rot and waterproofing guarantees issued to the public were supported by true insurance rather than manufacturer calamity insurance backed schemes, I also lobbied successfully over many … Continue reading →

A common problem when barns are converted relates to failing to take account of the latent contamination by animal urine, i.e. cows for instance will spray up to at least 1.5 metre high when relieving themselves, this leaving the substrates full … Continue reading →

Brian Davison of Delta Membranes, David Hockey of Trace and Graham Coleman, Chief Examiner PRESS RELEASE  11 April 2011  Glossop Chartered Surveyor Hits The Double At Trade Association Awards    A Glossop Chartered Surveyor has recorded the top industry grade in … Continue reading →

In undertaking a survey on an empty department store for damp and rot for leasing purposes, it was apparent that asbestos and bird control surveys had been undertaken, and that measures to encapsulate and prohibit them respectively, had been undertaken.   The result was aggravation of … Continue reading →

David Hockey of Trace receives the PCA 2010 award for highest CSSW examination marks in the year, this after winning the 2009 award for CSRT, which brother James had also won in 2008.

Just had an email, as below, advising that David Hockey gained the highest EVER marks of any candidate in winning both the 2010-2011 examination award for CSSW for waterproofing design, already having won the award for CSRT, the examination for … Continue reading →

Our David Hockey, who in addition to holding the industry CSSW and CSRT qualifications, is an MRICS Chartered Building Surveyor, is doing a survey on a church in Birmingham today for Dave Tomlinson of Checkley & Co. http://www.checkleys.co.uk/, a practice of … Continue reading →

  We seem to be dealing with several sports floors where water and water vapour have caused problems at the moment, one in a hotel where we are being limited to part protection of the area via WaterGuard drainage channels, a sump and cavity drainage … Continue reading →

BASEMENT WATER CONTROL – WATERGUARD, The UK History Yesterday on site I got into a discussion on basement water control with someone representing a waterproofing product supplier, who did not know my history in the subject and commenced to attempt to … Continue reading →

In 2001 we installed a limited system of basement water control and floor only waterproofing for a charity in Manchester where two previous waterproofing systems had failed, resulting in escape of ground water – yes the charity had paid two … Continue reading →