The six programme topics in the set deal with a wide variety of buildings, from historic castles, Venetian and Chang Dynasty buildings to current housing stock, in the UK, US and Scandinavia. It is a mine of information for anyone searching for the truth about building surveying, home inspection, construction and maintenance.

  From the roof to the drains
  Modern & period properties
  Insight from a damp expert’s perspective
  Avoiding common mistakes and misconceptions
  Best practice in diagnosis and remediation
  Specifying top quality contractual work
  Diagnostic techniques to detect the root cause of a problem not a symptom
  Chemical analysis, calcium carbide and gravimetric testing
  The hidden world of chimneys
  Beating the "cowboys"
  Legal issues – giving evidence
  And much, much more

Building failure needs to be looked at holistically. Dampness, in particular, is poorly understood and widely misdiagnosed. The prevalent tendency is to stop the investigation at the symptom and not get to the underlying cause. This series directly addresses gaps in common knowledge and provides not only many examples of best practice but also of a host of common mistakes that mar building construction, maintenance and renovation.

No-one involved in the design, construction, surveying, inspection or maintenance of buildings can afford to be without it!

Surveyors	Home Inspectors
Housing Associations	Landlords
Lawyers	Local Authorities
Universities	Students
Contractors	Anyone with a vested interest in buildings