Olympic Construction have fully trained and experienced surveyors who have a range of solutions at their disposal to solve your property care issues. The level of competence and performance of surveyors is very important and you should only trust a certified contractor. Olympic Construction have been curing condensation problems for over 25 years, and have a number of cost effective solutions for both home owners and landlords, ensuring the fabric of your properties are protected and the living environment for its occupants is a healthy one.
Damp Proofing, Damp Surveys, Wet and Dry Rot, Flood Restoration, Condensation, Wall Ties and Basement Conversions services carried out property remedial specialist Olympic Construction in Manchester and salford. Our specialists committed to only undertaking works to the correct specifications and to a high quality finish. To achieve this we only use time served tradesmen and qualified surveyors with Industry recognised qualifications. Olympic Construction have fully trained and experienced surveyors who have a range of solutions at their disposal to solve your property care issues.
Do you ever stop and think about the air quality in your home, the air both you and your children breathe. Poor indoor air quality effects health, excessive humidity (water vapour) along with high CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) levels can result in mould growth, condensation, headaches which are associated with a range of other health problems. We are living in the 21st century, yet we are still living in damp, mould infested homes, why? Most of the homes we live in were constructed in the 20th Century with open fires, which ventilated the property by drawing the moisture up the chimney, this in turn pulled dry air into the property, through the timber window frames and subfloor ventilation, this natural ventilation was referred to as draughts.
NHL's lime sets much quicker than a Lime Putty based mortar, but are less flexible and not as vapour permeable 'breathable'as a Lime Putty Mortar, these attributes are reduced as the NHLs get stronger. NHL is mixed with a good quality sharp washed sand, the mixing ratios vary depending on use generally a 3:1 mix for most plastering jobs, but for floor screeds you would use a 2:1 mix. Formulated lime (FL): Formulated lime consists of hydrated lime and/or natural hydraulic lime with added hydraulic or pozzolanic material.
This heading covers a vast area and normally refers to the restoration of properties, which are listed as properties of special architectural or historic interest with the local (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Act, 1990), but this does not always have to be the case. When restoring a property it is essential that the surveyor undertaking the survey understands, both the original building systems, such as lime based plaster, pointing, and the structure of the walls and floors, but can also advise and work with the client and the local conservation officer, to provide an end result which is best for all parties including the building itself.
Olympic construction are fully qualified members of the Property care association, the only Trade association, which covers damp and timber decay issues and are regularly recommended by RICS in home buyer reports. Damp Proofing, Rising Damp services in Oldham, Manchester, Rochdale, Stockport & Cheshire. Wilmslow 01625 900 800 or contact us and we will be happy to answer any of your questions or make arrangements to undertaken an inspection.
Olympic Construction have, Chartered Building Engineers and CSSW Certified Structural Water Proofing Surveyors, Registered on the PCA Waterproofing Design Specialist (WDS) Register, We have over thirty years experience of waterproofing and converting basements, designed to building regulations and BS8102-2009, with input from you, the client. Whether it be an extra en-suite bedroom, a playroom, a home office, we aim to work to the highest standards, so you can be confident you are instructing a competent, professional company to provide you with a correct and functional specification, which will conform to BS8102- 2009 Code of Practice for protection of below ground structures against water from the ground and building regulations.
We are proud to be the first remedial contractor in Oldham to be awarded Which? Trusted Trader status following their rigorous inspection procedure which includes contacting a random sample of past clients to ask their opinion of our service. Is the only trade body for damp proofing, wood preservation, basement waterproofing structural stabilisation and wall tie replacement. To be a member of the Property Care Association, requires the surveyors to be fully qualified, the staff fully trained, and the company having sound business systems in place, which are audited for your protection as the customer.
The short answer is yes, anyone can install remedial cavity wall ties and they are available to buy on the internet and in builders merchants. Why is it that structural engineers, architects, local authorities' and mortgage lenders instruct you to employ a specialist to do these works? What guarantee will be issued, covering the materials and the workmanship if you or an unqualified contractor undertake the works and is it a true independent insured guarantee, most lenders will only lend on a property if the works are covered by a credible insurance backed guarantee, can you provide one, or will you end up with a property you cannot sell.
As Chartered building engineers, RICS and (PCA)Property Care Association registered company, we undertake full building condition surveys. Providing a detailed report on defects relating to dampness, fungal decay, wood worm and structural stabilisation and wall ties, which will be accepted by your mortgage lender. Olympic Construction have fully trained and experienced surveyors who have a range of solutions at their disposal to solve your property care issues. The level of competence and performance of surveyors is important.
My wife and I want to share the terrible experiences we have had with the Damp Proofing Industry and a PCA Member so that others can become aware and avoid such misery and the potential loss of 5000 + VAT and destroying our lovely house in the process. Last year, we purchase our lovely Victorian house built of beautiful yellow stock bricks in Wimbledon South West London for a very considerable sum that required our entire life's savings to be invested to meet the deposit requirements of the lender. The buying process required us to conduct a "Timber and Damp" Survey and report and recommended the use of a member of the Property Care Association (PCA) which we did the Survey was free and a rather glamorous report produced requiring some 5,000 + VAT worth of chemical injection work to cure a "defective" Damp Course. This seemed on the face of things very reasonable, but some seeds of doubt were sown when the report was signed off by a Director with considerable letters after his name but the report and Survey itself was undertaken by the "surveyor" who held a CSRT Certificate. We had no idea what a CSRT was so conducted some searched and found the following website when searching "Property Care Association" on Google and sitting position 1 page 1 was the informative Heritage House Website is was part of its content: I quote from the Heritage House website as follows: Timber and Damp surveys are the most misunderstood, and misused term in the real estate industry. We are constantly horrified at the number of people trying to buy a property, only to be told by a building society or bank valuation surveyor - you must have a 'Specialist Timber and Damp Survey'. Usually they try to get you to use someone who is PCA registered - PCA is the Property Care Association. The Board of the PCA is composed of chemical industry millionaires. One of the Board owns a number of timber and damp companies, one of which has been taken to court for illegal dumping of asbestos. These are not nice people. DO NOT under any circumstances allow any of these clowns into or near a house you are thinking of buying. Here's a link to a bit more info about the Property CARE Association (My bold italics - sorry - I'm too cynical): All about the PCA Research this term in detail. Look at the methods, the claims made, and investigate the legality of their guarantees. The Guarantee Protection Insurance they flog, is another giant CON. Even the GPI have now cut the insurance term from 20 to 10 years because of the problems they are having with the damp industry. The people involved just happen to be VERY involved in selling chemicals. It is an industry association that has managed to establish itself as an 'industry standard' with little or no opposition. They are only recommended because there is no other obvious association that can perform a similar task. Have a look at the syllabus for training their so called surveyors. It's a 3 day course. It is peppered with words like 'rising damp', injection methods, siliconates, polyoxo aluminium stearate, polysiloxane / silane micro emulsions (horrible chemicals), timber treatment chemicals (which are even more toxic) - and bear in mind that one day of the three day course is devoted to learning all about the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health legislation, and how to safely use the toxic warfare they are about to unleash on your unsuspecting house. The entire training course takes 3 days. At the end of it you have some pretty letters after your name. It takes 3 YEARS of study to get a Bachelors Degree, and about the same to become a Member of RICS. This is NOT a qualification - it is a joke. There is NO academic training - any monkey can get it and call themselves a 'Timber and Damp Surveyor'. Don't use anyone who has done a 3 day course and calls themselves a qualified surveyor - they are a fraud. Do not let anyone with CSRT or CSSW after their names into your house - they are a fraud. They are NOT a qualified surveyor. It's not even equivalent to an NVQ Level 1 - most of the people I've come across with these so called 'qualifications ' are just former builder's labourers. Unquote We have absolutely no doubt that this is correct but contacted the author of the website a Mr Peter Ward who confirmed there was a very high probability that no Damp existed at our property and more importantly the actions and remedies suggested by the Damp company (a high ranking PCA Member) would actually prevent our property from breathing and potentially fill it with condensation and initiate wet rot in the suspended floor joists and wall plates due to the condensation. Horrified I contacted a Specialist Surveyor recommenced to us by Mr Ward, this was a completely different approach to the PCA Surveyor who took 20 minutes to conclude Dampness by use of a pin point yellow damp meter. The expert took a full four hours examining our property and used a Calcium Carbide moisture analysis method to extract samples from the walls of our property and actually determine the moisture content. The results? No moisture or less that 1% on all the elevations the PCA Surveyor had diagnosed a "Failing Damp Course", his recommendations? Absolutely nothing, the property is in perfect condition protected by an adequate slate Damp Proof Course. So I post this warning never use a Damp Surveyor who has a CSRT after his name its completely meaningless and is a three day course given away by the PCA, always ask to see real qualifications such as BSc, MSc, MIOCB or RICS nothing else is acceptable. We could have given the Damp Company 5,000 for destroying our property and reinstating with a system that will damage it further! If in doubt contact the experts: Heritage House 01746 862 640
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