Damp Surveys Lanarkshire

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Homeowners are often concerned when dampness appears at their homes in Lanarkshire.

There are so many different types of dampness, meaning that there are different ways that it has to be treated. The different types of dampness is as follows:

  • Rising dampness
  • Condensation
  • Penetrating dampness
  • Tramatic dampness

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Rising dampness – This is usually a damp patch appearing on an internal wall. This is often combined with damage to the skirting boards and decoration. The result of this rising damp is structural damage to the interior walls.

Condensation – Your windows will start to steam up when the climate changes which results in condensation and mould growth.

Penetrating dampness – This occurs when moisture seeps in from the external walls to the internal walls. This is usually caused by construction that has failed and that has occurred at a high level of the property.

Tramatic dampness – This can be the cause of a leaking pipe, drain, tank or even a radiator. This is when water is soaked up by the building fabric like a sponge, with the size of the patch steadily increasing as more water is absorbed.

If you have a property in Lanarkshire and you have any concerns at all about dampness then you should come to us.

We are able to arrange for a building surveyor to come out to your home to carry out a damp survey. The surveyor will come out, carry out the damp survey and then report back to you with the findings.

To arrange for a qualified building surveyor to come out to your home in Lanarkshire to carry out a damp survey, simply give us a call on 0800 520 0347.

 

Letter Of Comfort East Kilbride

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A letter of comfort is needed in certain instances, these include:

  • When there has been unauthorised building work
  • When a building warrant has expired

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You will have to send relevant plans and specifications for you to get a letter of comfort, this is because the works that have been completed may have to be exposed and will have to meet the standards that apply at the time of the submission.

Here at Archi Plan Glasgow, we have been helping homeowners in East Kilbride with letters of comfort for many years now.

Our team have years of experience in helping homeowners with their applications for letters of comfort, so you can expect to receive a professional service.

We can help you with the plans and specifications part of the process and the application, however, our process starts off with us coming out to your home in East Kilbride so that we can have a look at the building work.

At this point, you’ll receive your competitive free quote from us and you’ll be able to ask us any questions that you may have. If you are happy for us to go ahead then you can expect us to use our CAD facilities to start the plans and specifications. The application will then be ready for submission.

To arrange for a member of our team to come out to your home in East Kilbride to discuss a letter of comfort with you, simply give us a call on 0800 520 0347 or fill out our contact form.

Damp Surveys Glasgow

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Damp can fall into a number of different categories. These are as follows:

  • Rising dampness
  • Condensation
  • Penetrating dampness
  • Tramatic dampness

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Rising Dampness

This is usually when there is a sign of a damp patch on one of your internal walls. Typically, this is often combined with there being damage to the skirting boards and decoration.

It’s because of rising damp that you will have structural damage to your interior walls. It should also be noted that recent findings concluded that a damp room can increase the risk of developing asthma.

If you don’t attend to rising damp then it will eventually cause rot to floor joists and other interior timbers that it comes into contact with, resulting in the development of wet rot or dry rot if conditions are lacking ventilation.

This can be caused by a number of issues, these are as follows:

  • Blocked/defective gutters
  • High ground levels, new driveways, new paths or even tarmac bridging the DPC
  • Defective pointing, porous brickwork and spauling bricks
  • Faulty or defective flashing on roofs or extensions
  • Cracked or missing roof tiles or slates
  • Internal defects in cavity walls
  • Cracked or defective window sills
  • Internal chimney defects where a fireplace has been blocked in

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Condensation

Windows will start to steam up as the weather changes which results in condensation and mould growth.

This is caused when warm, moist air meets a cold surface and the water vapour condenses out. The capacity of air to hold water is related to temperature, with the warm air holding more water than cold air. The air is saturated when it cannot hold any more water vapour at the existing temperature and there is a relative humidity of 100%. If the temperature of the air falls until saturation point occurs then the air is at a critical temperature or dew point where any further fall in temperature will result in water vapour being forced to condense out as water.

Penetrating dampness

This occurs when moisture seeps in from the external walls to the internal walls, it is usually caused by construction that has failed. This occurs at a high level of the property.

Some causes of penetrating dampness includes:

  • Blocked guttering or downpipes – These will overflow when they are blocked and will saturate the adjacent wall
  • Unused chimneys that are capped or sealed and have a defective haunching that allows water to enter the chimney and saturate the building
  • Where the flashing on a building fails leaks will occur which can lead to penetrating dampness
  • Valley gutters that are not aligned properly can cause penetrating dampness
  • Cavity walls that have a bridge, this can be caused by rubbish being left in the cavity or mortar that has been left on the wall ties or insulation batts during construction can cause penetrating dampness if the wall experiences driving rain

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Tramatic dampness

This is generally the cause of a leaking pipe, drain, tank or radiator. The water is soaked up by the building fabric and the size of the patch steadily increases as more water is absorbed.

It is important that you have the damage inspected by a damp survey as the building fabric may have to have an anti-fungal treatment applied to prevent mould growth.

What We Can Do

We provide damp surveys for people in Glasgow who have any concerns about their property, so if you fear that you have a form of dampness then you should come to us.

We can arrange for a fully qualified building surveyor to come out to your home in Glasgow. At this point, they will carry out a full survey and provide you with a written report on the findings.

Damp surveys are competitively priced so you can expect to pay a reasonable price for the survey to be carried out.

Contact Us

To arrange for a qualified building surveyor to come out to your home in Glasgow, simply give us a call on 0800 520 0347.

 

Late Building Warrant Lanarkshire

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a archiplan 3If you’ve carried out alterations to your property and you are now trying to sell your home then you might find that your lawyer has asked you for the completion certificate for the alterations.

If you don’t already have a building warrant for your home in Lanarkshire then we can help you. There are late building warrants that can be applied for when work has been carried out without the required consents.

When you contact us you can arrange for us to come out to your home in Lanarkshire. At this point we will carry out a full measurement survey of your home and will produce a set of “existing scale drawings” and a full set of “proposed scale drawings”. We will then accompany them with the ordnance survey map that highlights your property and you’ll then be able to complete the council’s application form and submit all of the information for review.

This takes around 4 weeks for the council to review and then they’ll arrange to carry out a site inspection, this is then followed by the release of the completion certificate.

Please note – When we are carrying out the building measurement survey there is a chance that we might highlight any areas of concern that might need attention before the council carries out the final inspection of your property. The benefit of this is that it will prevent any un-due delays with the release of the completion certificate.

You can expect us to keep you up to date with all developments while your late building warrant application goes through.

Just give us a call on  0800 520 0347 to arrange for us to come out to your home in Lanarkshire to discuss a late building warrant.

Letter Of Comfort Lanarkshire

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a archiplan 3You and other homeowners in Lanarkshire might need a letter of comfort when:

  • There has been unauthorised building work
  • A building warrant has expired
  • A building warrant is not required

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When you are applying for a letter of comfort adequate, detailed drawings that show full compliance may be required. That’s where we come in.

We specialise in providing the drawings that are necessary for letter of comfort applications. We have been providing our services for several years now and have helped hundreds of homeowners in Lanarkshire with their applications.

We use only the best software that’s available to us. Our CAD facilities and the experience of our team will give you the accurate drawings that you need for your application.

Our process starts with us coming out to your home in Lanarkshire. At this point we will discuss what it is that you need the letter of comfort for and take down some measurements along with giving you a free quote. You’ll then be able to decide whether or not you would like to go ahead using us and we can arrange to get started.

If we feel that you won’t get a letter of comfort because of the work that’s been carried out then we will try to give you advice so that you know how to move forward with the application.

Simply give us a call today on 0800 520 0347 to arrange for us to come out to your home to discuss your application. Alternatively, you can send us an email at: admin@archiplanglasgow.com.

 

Letter Of Comfort Glasgow

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a archiplan 4A letter of comfort is a letter from Glasgow City Council that states that action won’t be taken in regards of specified works that have either:

  • Been started without the required building warrant being obtained
  • Been carried out with a building warrant but there was no certificate of completion obtained before the warrant expired

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A letter of comfort will only be issued to you after there has been a satisfactory inspection carried out.

Generally people in Glasgow who are selling their homes may be asked to get a letter of comfort, this is because the bank the potential buyer is using will want to make sure that the structure and integrity of the property is in a good working order.

Here at Archi Plan Glasgow we specialise in providing drawings that are used for a letter of comfort. We have been offering this service to homeowners for several years now and have built up an excellent reputation due to the quality of our service.

Our process starts with us coming out to your home to carry out a full measurement survey. At this point you’ll be given a free quote for the service and if you are happy to go ahead then we can arrange to get started on the work.

You’ll then be able to use the drawing(s) and fill out the application and it can be sent away to the council where they will make a decision as to whether or not they are going to approve the work.

If you’d like more information about a letter of comfort or you would like us to take on the drawings on your behalf then get in touch with us today. You can either give us a call on 0800 520 0347 or you can email us at: admin@archiplanglasgow.co.uk.

 

Late Building Warrant Glasgow

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Have you carried out any alterations to your home in Glasgow? You may well be in the position where you are selling your home now or in the future and need a late building warrant.

A late building warrant, otherwise known as a letter of comfort is required where there has been work started without the required consent.

In the time that we have been established as a business we have seen that there are more and more people in Glasgow who are having building works carried out to their property without even knowing that they needed a building warrant at the time that they were having the work carried out.

If you choose to come to us for a late building warrant then we will have to come out to your home in Glasgow to carry out a full measurement survey. At this stage we may highlight any areas of concern that we feel need attended to, preventing any delays with the release of the completion certificate.

With the information that we gather we will produce a set of existing scale drawings and a full set of proposed scale drawings. This will then be accompanied with the ordnance survey map that highlights your property and completed application form where it will be submitted for review.

Once submitted, it can take around 4 weeks for the council to review the plans and arrange for there to be a site inspection, this is followed by the release of the completion certificate. We will be in contact with you throughout the entire process of your application.

If you would like more information about our service then contact us today. You can give us a call on 0800 520 0347 or you can send us an email at: admin@archiplanglasgow.com.

 

Retrospective Permission Glasgow

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a archiplan 3Planning Permission & Retrospective Planning

As you may know, planning permission is the legal process that is followed in order to decide whether proposed developments should be allowed to be started.

You will have to get planning permission before any work is started. Retrospective planning can be put in place if the required permission is not sought before work begins. It is then that the planning authority in Glasgow will decide whether or not to grant it.

Archi Plan Glasgow

At Archi Plan Glasgow we have years of experience in providing drawings for retrospective planning permission applications.

In the time that we’ve been specialising in drawings we have learned that CAD facilities are the best one to use. This is what we use as it allows us to offer high-quality drawings that can be used for retrospective planning permission applications.

We charge competitive prices for our drawings and often have people telling us that our service is very good value for money.

When you contact us about this service we will arrange to come out to your home in Glasgow, this is so that we can tell you more about the drawings, give you a free quote and answer any questions that you might have.

If you want to go ahead then we will get started on producing the drawings, taking into account your requirements whilst doing so.

Contact Us

To arrange for us to come out to your home in Glasgow to discuss retrospective permission simply give us a call today on 0800 520 0347 or email us at: admin@archiplanglasgow.com.

 

Retrospective Planning Glasgow

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a archiplan 3If you fail to obtain planning permission or comply with the details of a permission then it’s known as a planning breach.

Typically a planning breach occurs when:

  • A development that requires planning permission has been undertaken without the permission being granted. This could be because the planning application was either refused or wasn’t even applied for
  • A development that has been given permission subject to conditions and breaks one or more of these conditions

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A planning breach isn’t illegal and it’s quite often that the council will permit a retrospective application in cases where planning permission hasn’t been applied for at that time.

Having said this, if the breach involves a previously rejected development or the retrospective planning application is failed the council can issue an enforcement notice which means that you will have to put things back to the way that they were.

If the local planning authority in Glasgow serve an enforcement notice on you then it’s more than likely that they will consider that you’ve broken planning control rules, this is because they have considered that what you are doing or have done is damaging to your neighbourhood.

It is illegal for you to disobey an enforcement notice unless it’s appealed against. You can appeal against both the refusals of permission and enforcement notices but if the verdict does come out against you and you are still refusing to comply then you may be prosecuted.

Here at Archi Plan Glasgow we specialise in retrospective planning and can take care of the drawing work involved in the application process.

We have been dealing with retrospective planning for many years and have a wealth of experience along with all of the knowledge that’s required to offer a first-class service.

We pride ourselves on charging competitive prices for this service. When you get in touch with us about retrospective planning we will arrange to come out to your home in Glasgow, this is so that we can tell you more about this service, give you a free quote and answer any questions that you may have.

For more information on retrospective planning simply give us a call today on 0800 520 0347 or email us at: admin@archiplanglasgow.com.

 

Conservatory Plans Strathaven

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a conservatorysFor you to be able to meet the government’s conditions for a conservatory you must be in certain limits. For example no more than half of the area of land around the original house (a house that was first built or was as it stood on 1 July 1948 if it was built before that date) can be covered by additions or other buildings.

Here at our company we specialise in conservatory plans for both planning permission applications and building warrant applications.

We have been creating conservatory plans for homeowners in Strathaven now for many years and have an excellent reputation that is due to our precise drawings and excellent customer service skills.

When you come to us for conservatory plans you can expect us to visit your home in Strathaven to answer all of your questions whilst offering advice. This part of the service is completely free and forms part of the customer service that we offer to all of our clients. At this point you will get a free quote from us too, detailing the entire cost of the service.

If you agree to use us for your conservatory plans then you can expect us to return to your home where we will take some measurements of your home. Afterwards we will start developing your plans using our CAD facilities. Throughout the full application process our team will act as your agent, with us liaising with the local authorities until your application(s) are granted.

To arrange for us to come out to your home in Strathaven to discuss our service in greater depth, simply give us a call on 0800 520 0347.