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Advice & Guidance

Video Clips

These video clips feature maintenance advice from a building surveyor who is a member of the SPAB's Technical Panel. The Panel also produces a number of useful technical publications. These can be purchased online from the main SPAB website at www.spab.org.uk

Lead Downpipes

 

Defects in rainwater goods

Alan Gardner talks to a homeowner about the damage caused when a blocked hopper head overflows during the winter.

 

Dampness and timber decay

Alan Gardner talks to a homeowner about timber which has suffered from fungal decay and insect attack because of poorly detailed gutters.