Re: Question about tanking....?

message from Jerry Built on 13 May 2004

What! You can get a bloody pen-pusher to come out and look at
your property just like that?

Often happens, rendering over damp is popular too.

Once you've removed the cause of the damp, you may not need to
do anything. I wonder whether he means tank in or out side.
Tanking is just making a waterproof barrier in or around
your building. Inside, you could hack off existing damaged
plaster, make good (flat!) the surface, use bitumen emulsion
in 3 coats applied ar right angles, the last one being
"blinded" with sand, and re-plaster. Look at the instructions
on the tin before you buy (visit Jewson's or somewhere).

J.B.

troubleinstore replied to Jerry Built on 13 May 2004

Yep, I raang him up and he was here within a couple of days.

Is this something strange....?

I have always had good relations with my local council. If I need
help, they are very approachable and fall overthemslves to try and
help, it's just that he didn't fully explain what tanking was.

I can sort the outside problem out very easily. I can also put the
earth rod in that has been sat in my shed and I have been meaning to
do for the last 6 years.

Aye, he meant tank it on the inside.

Hugo Nebula replied to troubleinstore on 16 May 2004

On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:06:27 +0100, a particular chimpanzee named
Well, yes. Unless you've claimed that the building is dangerous
(i.e., in imminent danger of collapse), a BCO wouldn't normally get
involved in condition surveys. In some councils Building Control
perform an additional role of Grants Inspector or COW.

troubleinstore replied to Hugo Nebula on 16 May 2004

I only asked for advice.
I suppose it's how you do that and the manner in which you do it.

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