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Whether you are a business owner or a homeowner, your property is extremely important to you. It is how you make your money, or where you relax and enjoy time with your loved ones, so wouldn’t you want to ensure that it is maintained to the best standard? Many people remember basic maintenance activities, such… Continue reading What is involved in a roof inspection?
The use of drones, or “unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)’, is increasingly becoming a very popular choice for carrying out visual roof condition inspections. As specialists in carrying out physical roof inspections, here are the 6 biggest benefits of using this modern technology… Its lower risk The first, and arguably biggest, benefit to using drones is… Continue reading The 6 benefits of drone roof inspections
We were asked to inspect a single ply membrane flat roof on a development of 9 terraced town houses in London constructed around 2012/13. The roof was originally constructed as a cold roof and the design had allowed for the provision of cross ventilation above the mineral wool insulation. Unfortunately free flow of air had… Continue reading Lack of ventilation leads to failure
On arrival on site it didn't take a geniuses to see that there was a problem on this roof. Once up on the roof the full extent of the roof failure was evident with large swaths of single ply membrane gone from the roof leaving exposed insulation board.
We were called in by the developer of a large office block to investigate the causation of a single ply membrane becoming inflated like a balloon and to prepare a temporary method of restraining the membrane to prevent the risk of it becoming detached from the building and ending up on to a… Continue reading Bouncy castle roof