by George Booth | Apr 25, 2024 | Glossary
Grinning or Ghosting, in Building Surveying, us a phenomenon where the outline of the external brick or blockwork is visible through a render finish on a property. This is a resulting combination of thermal bridging and penetrating dampness. It often appears following...
by George Booth | Apr 16, 2024 | Glossary
The Definition and Facts about Thermal Bypass Thermal Bypass is the unintended transfer of heat across building elements, circumventing insulation or other thermal control layers. In other words, in the UK, thermal bypass occurs when cold air penetrates to the warm... by George Booth | Apr 15, 2024 | Glossary
Parge Coating: Parging Parge coating or parging refers to the addition of a thin layer of mortar or cementitious material applied to the interior or exterior surface of a masonry wall. Its primary purpose is to improve the aesthetics of the wall surface, but it also...
