This is an ideal reference book for students (undergraduates and
postgraduates) studying Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, or
Architecture, etc. It should also be of use to the Construction-related
legal profession, Property Managers and Letting Agents. Builders (and
homeowners, interested in identifying faults in their property), should
also benefit from this book.
Residential Surveying Matters and Building Terminology covers a wide
range of new and old building terms, techniques, technologies and
materials, but much more extensively than the average dictionary. The
alphabetical format makes it easy to check up on terms and subject-areas
quickly - and the detailed coverage (including helpful drawings by the
author) provides clear guidance to the reader.
This book covers a multitude of subject-areas, including condensation
problems, cellar rot, wet rot and dry rot, thermal cracks, settlement
cracks, metal wall-tie corrosion-and-expansion cracks, subsidence
cracks, roof-spread recognition, bulging- and/or leaning-walls, etc.
Further subject areas include inspecting and analysing residential
building-structures, both internally and externally; appraising
underground drainage systems; and personal commentary on survey report
writing.