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Yes that is true and you are right. My concern is that the surveyor thinks there has been some roof spread or movement. I'm not sure he is right and I am getting a structural engineer so he can tell me what he thinks. I'm just imagining scenarios where the roof moves. But yeah thanks for your...

It's a hips roof with 4 sides, with the bungalow having a simple rectangular floor plan. By drawing lines on the floor plan I estimate 2 purlins are 6 meters and the other 2 are 3.5meters. the longer 6 meter purlins are both supported by 2 corbels built up from the internal walls and then the...

Here is a picture of a section of the repointing. It is all around the front of the property, the left side and the back. It is not on the right side where there is a carport and a chimney. The sellers surveyors claims the mortar at the top is a different colour because of shading and rain...

Thanks for your photo. :-) I looked up his Linkedin profile and he had only been a surveyor for 2 years after being a lettings manager, so I don't know how knowledgeable he is. I don't think he had seen anything like that before. But his report did seem comprehensive, professional, and well...

Hi. I am buying a house which is a 1957 bungalow. It's a Hips roof and so there are 4 purlins. The longer purlins of the 4 are both supported by 2 corbels which are made up of about ~10 courses of bricks and seem to be about maybe 400-500mm wide. The weird thing is that the actual purlin is...