Understanding Housing Defects is now in its second edition. Extensively revised and updated, it includes new graphics, many more photographs and an extended text.

A natural companion to The Construction of Houses, this work provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of housing defects.

It has been designed and written to meet the needs of students and practitioners alike, particularly:

- Building Surveyors
- General Practice Surveyors
- Estate Agents
- Home Inspectors
- Environmental Health Officers
- Maintenance Inspectors
- Housing Managers

Each chapter describes, on an element-by-element basis, the evolution of construction methods, identifies and explains those defects which occur through physical, chemical and biological agents, and summarises common errors in modern construction caused by careless site practice.

In addition there is a comprehensive summary of legislation relating to housing defects written by Nancy Carlton, a solicitor with extensive experience in this area who is currently teaching at the University of the West of England.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Legal Definitions and Implications
Chapter 2 Building Movement Foundations
Chapter 3 Building Movement Walls
Chapter 4 Brickwork and Stonework
Chapter 5 Ground Floors
Chapter 6 Upper Floors
Chapter 7 Pitched Roofs
Chapter 8 Flat Roofs
Chapter 9 External Rendering
Chapter 10 Plastering and Plasterboard
Chapter 11 Internal Walls
Chapter 12 Timber Pests
Chapter 13 Condensation
Chapter 14 Damp
Chapter 15 System Building
Chapter 16 Services
Chapter 17 Appendix
Index

Author:	Duncan Marshall, Derek Worthing & Roger Heath
Publisher:	Estates Gazette
Pages:	348

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