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SERVICES & TREATMENT :
PROTEC TION & REMEDIAL TREATMENT
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PETER COX LTD
Aniseed Park, Broadway Business Park, Chadderton,
Manchester OL9 9XA
Tel 0800 789 500 Fax 0161 684 8305
Email
PROPERTY SERVICES
: Peter Cox Ltd is a UK market leader in property
preservation, with over 60 years experience. The company can provide
specialist advice and effective repair solutions for damp control (including
electro-osmotic damp proofing), basement and structural waterproofing,
timber preservation, external-energy saving treatments, remedial wall ties
and masonry stabilisation. The company is well versed in the necessary
liaison with heritage and conservation bodies, their professional advisers
and property guardians such as the National Trust. Peter Cox Ltd is also
sensitive to the specific needs of historic fabric and understands the
importance of developing the most appropriate repair specifications and
treatment formulations where it is continually researching new products.
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WARD & DALE SMITH LIMITED,
CHARTERED BUILDING SURVEYORS
The Walker Hall, Market Square, Evesham,
Worcestershire WR11 4RW
Tel 01386 446623 Fax 01386 48215
Email
Contact Peter Rhodes FRICS DipBldgCons
INDEPENDENT AND INTEGRATED ADVICE FROM HISTORIC BUILDING
CONSULTANTS
: Identification and resolution of timber and damp related
problems using measures that seek to minimise disturbance to buildings.
Services include surveys, advice on causes and alternative approaches,
specifications, obtaining tenders and contract administration etc. Expert
witness work. See also: profile entry in Surveyors, page 43.
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS & STABILISATION
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BRICK-TIE LIMITED
Unit 10, Lancaster Close, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds LS25 6NS
Tel 0800 591541
SPECIALIST STRUCTURAL REPAIRS
: A leading specialist in the structural
repair of masonry based in the North of England. 27 years experience
stabilising bulging walls and cracked structures using advanced and
traditional methods. Approved by Helifix for the Helifix range of wall
ties and reinforcement and by Cintec for the Cintec anchoring system.
Works include York City Walls, Riber Castle and many listed and period
properties. Advice and sympathetic solutions including lime grouting of
rubble walls, plastic stone repairs and stitching work.
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CHARTERBUILD LTD
7 Starboard View, South Woodham Ferrers,
Chelmsford CM3 5GR
Tel 01245 425050 Fax 01245 325443
Email
STRUCTURAL REPAIR AND STABILISATION
: Charterbuild is an experienced
specialist contractor using traditional and modern skills to restore
integrity and stability to historic buildings and structures, from
foundations upwards. The company has earned approved installer status
from Helifix and Cintec, and is an approved user of DOFF and JOS
cleaning systems. Charterbuild is experienced with lime-based pointing,
enabling the company to undertake complete repair and restoration if
required. Full details are available on the website. Almost any structural
or restoration work is undertaken. No-obligation advice is available by
telephone. See also: display entry on page 149.
DAMP & TIMBER DECAY
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B T PRESERVATION
Unit 10, Lancaster Close, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds LS25 6NS
Tel 0800 591541
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TIMBER INFESTATIONS AND DAMP ISSUES
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B T Preservation has a team of qualified specialist surveyors and is a full
member of the Property Care Association with 27 years of successful
trading. Listed building and period properties are a speciality and the
company can provide non-destructive timber surveys to suspect structural
timbers by micro-drilling. Damp-proofing, basement waterproofing,
dry rot and infestation treatment by City & Guilds qualified technicians
with safety a priority at all times. B T Preservation also specialises in
environmental monitoring for humidity and mould detection.
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BULLEN CONSERVATION LTD
Lowerhouse Works, Lowerhouse Street,
Oldham, Lancashire OL1 3NN
Tel 0161 633 6528 Fax 0161 633 7064
Email
BUILDING CONTRACTORS, STONE, TERRACOTTA, DAMP AND TIMBER DECAY
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See also: display entry in Building Contractors, page 62 and profile entry
in Stone, page 98.
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DEMAUS BUILDING DIAGNOSTICS LTD
Stagbatch Farm, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 9DA
Tel 01568 615662
Email
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TIMBER TESTING AND BUILDING DIAGNOSTICS
: Demaus
Building Diagnostics specialises in the location and assessment of
fungal decay, insect attack and fire damage in structural timber using
non-destructive techniques. See also: profile entry in Non-destructive
Investigations, page 50.
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HUTTON + ROSTRON ENVIRONMENTAL
INVESTIGATIONS LIMITED
Netley House, Gomshall, Surrey GU5 9QA
Tel 01483 203221 Fax 01483 202911
Email
CONSULTANTS ON TIMBER DECAY, BUILDING MATERIAL FAILURES AND
ENVIRONMENTS
: Simple solutions to common problems with cost-
effective expertise covering biodeterioration, fungal decay, insect attack,
timber strength grading, damp, environmental health, energy efficiency,
non-destructive surveying, building monitoring systems and historic
building consultancy. H+R carries out independent site and laboratory
investigations providing specifications for remedial work or conservation.
Expert witness work is also undertaken. H+R operates the Rothound® dry
rot search dogs and installs Curator® electronic moisture and structural
monitoring systems. Resurgam®, a division of H+R, specialises in building
conservation. Clients include The Royal Household, National Trust,
English Heritage, national and local government, architects, engineers,
surveyors, developers, contractors and property owners. See also:
Resurgam profile entry in Heritage Consultants, page 34.
