While inspecting your building foundations

May 21st, 2014

While inspecting your building foundations

As promised a while ago we can now go a little more in-depth into foundation movement and its causes. Please read our older post What to inspect when buying a home? for foundations overview. Foundation (soil) movement associated with reactive clays which swells when wet and shrinks when dried out, is a well known fact among most […]

Water-Hammer-Illustration

May 21st, 2014

How to check “Water Hammer” in your pipeline?

“Water Hammer” & its causes & remedies – Home inspection procedure before buying a house We had someone write in to us regarding a problem that some of us have experienced in the past and that is “Water Hammer”. What is it, why does it occur and how can it be remedied. We searched for […]

Home inspection – Roof Construction

May 19th, 2014

Home inspection – Roof Construction

After I have complete this discussion we will go a little further into depth on “Foundation Movements”, but for now we will continue to examine at what to look for when buying a House. At this stage we have had a close look at the foundations and walls and what to expect, the next important […]

Foundation

February 14th, 2014

Footing design for home

What is probably as important as consistent compaction is the design of the footings and the actual digging and pouring is equally as important. Firstly footings should be designed according to the nature of the soil. For example you would not design the same size footing when building in clay soils as you would if […]

What to inspect when buying a home?

February 5th, 2014

What to inspect when buying a home?

It goes like this, before you buy something, and a friend had described it to you in detail ”warts and all”, it would have helped in shaping your ideas in the purchase of that something. Well the same goes for when buying a car or a house. These are major purchases for most people and […]

More Facts about Roof Tiles

February 5th, 2014

More Facts about Roof Tiles

If you have ever been rummaging inside your roof space and have noticed red dust on your ceiling space or on top of the insulation, then more than likely you will find deterioration of the clay. The general perception that roof tiles are considered  almost indestructible will seem to be a myth when the tiles […]