I’ve tried, unsuccessfully to date this Protimeter Surveymini which I purchased recently. It looks to be older than the ones shown in...

Back out on site in Harthill this morning with @edwards_restoration to check on the lime works undertaken last year following the...

I am really rather fond of the design and robustness of the Speedy Calcium Carbide meters that Thomas Ashworth (now part of GE) of...

I can't get enough of these old Building Conservation magazines, most of my collection are from before I was born. It is both interesting...

A level three building survey on this detached property round the corner from home. A couple of points of interest here: The garage roof...

Following on from yesterday's post, further down the driveway are the ruins of the original Thorpe Salvin Hall which are Grade II* listed...

The spring weather has allowed good progress to be made on the re-roofing of Thorpe Hall. A green/grey natural Brazilian slate has been...

Next in the review of the last year, of up to Ilkley (which I always thought was part of Leeds, but is actually part of Bradford). What a...

Next on the list of nice places I've visited is this lovely stone-built property in Almondbury. The weather was damp and cold, but...

I have been fortunate enough to survey many interesting houses over the last year or so. I have taken many photographs, analysed many...