Again, this was a long-standing appointment that had to be postponed because of the snow in particular because here, I was inspecting the roof of a pair of adjoining terraced houses in this well-known Bristol Crescent, if I remember correctly originally designed by one William Patty, begun in 1750 and completed in 1820. My inspection was required because dry rot had been found in the top floor flat, so the Management Company decided they wanted a full inspection of the roof, the affected flat and indeed some damp in the basement. The dry rot in my opinion was very old and was not going anywhere. Nevertheless it needs properly treating. One of the centre valley gutters, the one that was lined with zinc and not lead was currently leaking and previous leaks had caused an outbreak of wet rot is some of the timbers. Of course, these will meet taking out and ideally the zinc replacing with lead. That aside the roof was in fairly good condition. The parapet gutters were in good condition and fortunately none of them were leaking because the ceilings and walls directly below them in the second floor flat were all quite dry. There is little damp problem in the basement, but this will need a re-inspection of the patio above the area above, because I think there's a problem here, the design of the patio so allowing water to penetrate into one of the vaults within the basement; time will tell…   more »