Building Surveying: Understanding Thermography
The ability to view the heat that is being emitted from an object can have a number of benefits when surveying a property. Being able to quickly visualise differential surface…
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Building Pathology: Equipment for Damp Surveys
If your only tool is a hammer, every problem will look like a nail. This is very true when it comes to dampness inspections as the right tools and the right amount of knowledge…
Deadly Mould; How Inaction Likely Led to Tragedy
The Scottish housing regulator recently sent out an advisory letter to landlords following the tragic death of a little boy who died of a respiratory condition caused by mould…
Belleisle House, Ayr
Photo story of Belleisle House, Ayr — recovered from the original Jetpack Story media (the WordPress export had no prose body).
Drone Footage: Saddell Castle and Abbey, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute
In this blog I will be discussing a fascinating and remote tower house called Saddell Castle. The weather conditions were rather dreich and dismal so the drone footage is not…
Building Surveying: Using VR and the Oculus Quest
Virtual Reality (VR) is a new technology which has the potential to be embraced within the construction and surveying industry. In this post I am going to touch on the Oculus…
Product Review: Lascar EL-SIE-2+ Temp and Humidity Logger
Lascar Electronics have been providing digital display, data logging instruments globally since 1977. Lascar have a wide array of loggers each with their own distinct…
Product Review: The New Protimeter Reachmaster Pro
When conducting damp surveys, the pinless function (or search mode) is the method I always use first before moving on to the pinned function. The search mode is a fantastic…
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