We are almost finished the super cellar conversion at Oxford Terrace in Edinburgh this cellar has fitted a toilet and a sink and has under floor heating and the floors and walls have been tiled as the owner is pretty tall we dug this cellar out reducing the floor level by 18 inches in order […]
You got a Home Report done so you can sell your property and it was marked as a category 3 just like the one shown below. Dampness, rot and infestation Repair category 3 Notes: The walls were tested for dampness and positive readings were obtained in numerous areas. Timbers in contact with damp walls may […]
We received this e mail from a happy customer so a big thank you to all the team who worked on this job its good to get e mails from happy customers once we complete the job on time on schedule and on Budget. Inbox x Jilly Greig Nov 27 (7 days ago) to info@Kingston-Preservation.co.uk cc […]
We are currently working on cellars in the New Town area of Edinburgh and working to complete all these cellars in the next few weeks ongoing jobs/work in progress are 5 cellars at Palmerston Place, 2 at Clarendon Crescent, 1 at Oxford Terrace, 4 at St Bernards Crescent, 2 at Northumberland Street,1 at Saxe Coburg Place, […]
Our Basement waterproofing specialist Team started work last week at a former Bank building in Morningside Road in Edinburgh the office will be used for Ian J Brown & Company as there new office and the pressure is on to complete the extensive waterproofing of the Basement by the 1st of November. Our specialist waterproofing […]
We do a lot of woodworm infestation surveys and quite often we get asked if the woodworm is active I have attached some pictures I took yesterday from a property in Edinburgh where you can clearly see the woodworm is active. What you are looking for is fresh flight holes and sawdust which you can clearly […]
We are back this week working at Williamstone Farm Steadings in North Berwick the job is to Damp proof and waterproof areas of the former farm steading where high external ground levels apply the buildings are grade A Listed and the project is being overseen by Historic Scotland so we have taken great care to […]
We have now finished the Damp proofing to a property in Inverleith Row in Edinburgh we were asked to provide a report on the property by the seller as the Home Report was numbered as a 3 for Damp and Timber Defects. We surveyed all the walls in the basement and marked up a drawing […]
We have now completed the 9 cellars we were working on in Stafford Street in Edinburgh this job was for the Edinburgh Developer Ian Murray who was delighted with the quality and finish of the cellars. As each cellar has been allocated to a flat the 3 townhouses are being converted into 9 flats so […]
We were called on Thursday afternoon and asked when we were available to survey a bedroom at a bungalow in the East Lothian Villiage of Athelstaneford which seemingly had rot in the timber floor which apparently needed uplifting and the sub floor joists replaced the customer had had another preservation company in who had supplied […]