A glorious January day took me over to Nantwich in Cheshire to look at this Edwardian terrace house on behalf of a landlord client. The tenant had raised some concerns with the landlord and they were keen to take some advice before implementing a programme of remedial works.
The Managing Agent had arranged for the bay window roof to be re-covered. Unfortunately, the contractors had failed to form a proper outlet and the roof was permanently holding water. You can see the ponding in the first photo, the outlet area in the second photo, the water rushing out in the third photo and the ‘outlet’ in the fourth photo – two cuts with a knife blade. Useless.
In the roofspace, you can see the dividing wall between the subject property and the neighbouring property. There is no fire compartmentation between the two properties. Scary stuff! This needs to be addressed straight away.
A leak from the chimney stack was causing brickwork to decay and timbers to take on the impurities from the flue. The chimney detail needs to be repaired and the roofspace ventilated to bring this back under control. The timbers will need a good brushing down when they have dried out and re-examining for decay.
There were also some condensation issues due to inadequate passive and mechanical ventilation. Thankfully, this had not caused too much damage to surface finishes and with some more efficient extraction and small changes to tenant lifestyle, this can easily be addressed.
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