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1306, 2012

Zero Rating for Listed Buildings, it’s not over yet

June 13th, 2012|

In March we reported on the Governments plans to withdraw Zero Rating of VAT on Alterations to Listed Buildings. We can now bring you an update that a collective of around 20 like minded groups are working on making a case to keep Zero Rating on Alterations.

606, 2012

Never a better time to maintain!

June 6th, 2012|

A recent statement from the office of national statistics reports that UK House prices for March were 0.4% lower than March 2011. The report goes on to say that there is little real movement in the price of houses year on year.

106, 2012

Flooding on the agenda

June 1st, 2012|

Flood Consultant and Chairperson of the Flood Protection Association, Mary Dhonau, will be chairing a session at a one day conference being held at the Building Research establishment in Watford.

3005, 2012

To see if Protectahome can help increase your ‘Scores on the Doors’ rating read below…

May 30th, 2012|

Scores on the Doors’ is a national scheme that aims to motivate food businesses to raise food safety standards by naming and shaming the best and the worst places to consume food.

2805, 2012

Warehouse Protection

May 28th, 2012|

Protectahome have completed work on a large Warehouse and Distribution park that was being plagued by Pest Gulls. These large aggressive birds can cause real problems on site, especially during the breeding season.

2405, 2012

Clean Bill of Health!

May 24th, 2012|

Earlier in the year Protectahome were audited by the technical and compliance officer Kevin Higgins of the British Pest Control Association. As part of the standard routine audit schedule, the BPCA audit members to ensure that standards are being maintained by member companies.

2105, 2012

Chelsea Winner!

May 21st, 2012|

Last week Protectahome completed a small Waterproofing job in Royal Borough on a private residence. Our client sought to make best use of limited space in their Basement and wished to utilise and their under steps pavement vault as dry storage and a walk in wardrobe.

1605, 2012

Work Complete at RNLI

May 16th, 2012|

Protectahome have just completed work on an exciting and challenging project installing over 100 Cintec Anchors in the dock wall at Barry Docks in South Wales.

1405, 2012

Background Material Fails!

May 14th, 2012|

Protectahome were recently asked to provide an anchor solution for a structural engineer and main contractor cladding the external elevation of a stone built structure in Oxford.

1105, 2012

The Cost of a Leaking Roof

May 11th, 2012|

Recently we were asked to carry out a survey of a domestic residence where the client reported that their bedroom floor had partially collapsed. Our surveyor found on investigation that the cause of the collapse was in fact an attack by the true Dry Rot fungus.

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