Today I have been to see an ex-local authority house in an east Bristol suburb. Like yesterday it was in an area I don’t go through that often. This house was occupied by the vendor who had lived there for some twenty or so years. The house has had the chimney stack re-built during its relatively short life as well as the top of the gable wall! Why the wall was re-built, I don’t yet know, but at least it was sound. The pointing to the brickwork, to the lower section is starting to fail, so in due course it is likely to need rendering. And what about the cavity wall ties? There’s a bit more to it than meets the eye, if you see what I mean!!!   more »