The roof of a house is not something that you may pay much attention to, but an efficient, well taken care of roof is crucial to having a warm, leak-free home. It’s the most vulnerable part of a building’s exterior, especially in the UK where it will be constantly pelted with rain, wind and hail for most of the year.
Cladding is an important component of building’s construction. It is attached to a building’s framework or an intermediate layer of battens or spacers to form non-structural, external surfaces that have a number of uses such as protecting the building from external conditions, providing privacy and security, preventing the transmission of sound and providing thermal insulation.
The climate change crisis has reached a critical point. It’s now more important than ever for everyone to reduce their carbon footprint, adopt a greener lifestyle and do their part to help the planet by reducing their energy consumption.
If you’re planning ahead to when you’ll eventually sell your home, you may already be considering how you can add value and sell the house at a higher price than you bought it. There are lots of little details you can concentrate on during the selling process, including tidying up, adding new, attractive-looking accents to rooms and mowing the lawn. If you want to really increase your house’s selling value, however, you’ll need to put in some real time and investment.
Blustering winds and icy gales are starting to hammer parts of the UK; winter is well and truly under way. There’s no foreseeing the unpredictable nature of the British climate, so even if your home has not experienced anything too torrential so far, there’s no telling that this will still be the case in the coming weeks.
The roof is a dangerous place to work from, owing to several risk factors including height, slope, slippery surface, electrical contacts and weather elements. A surprisingly large number of falling cases occur on low single-storey rooftops between 3m and 5m high. However, the causes of falling are easy to determine and avoid. Here are six tips to minimise dangers while working on the roof:
As the nights draw in and summer comes to a close, we find ourselves wrapping up warmer. Turning on the heating for the first time can bring welcome cosiness, as well as the dread of rising utility costs. But often little thought is given to the condition of the buildings we work in.
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