Publisher's Synopsis
- Written in a friendly and enjoyable style, and yet technically comprehensive.
- How your house was built - its age and history. What adds value?
- Packed with entertaining snippets - everything from anthrax in the walls and ingress of sewer rats to why cats are bad news for some roofs.
- Each chapter is devoted to a key part of the house: roofs, walls, windows, ceilings, etc, in the comprehensive style of a Building Survey, with full-colour photos and some step-by-step projects for repairs.
- Defects, causes and solutions: how to identify, solve and prevent all common defects found in Victorian houses, with some common scams exposed.
