Webinar: Tenement inspection by Under One Roof Scotland

About this Webinar

A stitch in time

The best way to keep maintenance costs down is to tackle repairs before they get worse and cause more damage. But how do you do this? And how do you convince your co-owners to be equally proactive?

In this webinar, John Gilbert, a conservation architect and Under One Roof’s technical author is in conversation with Scott Abercrombie, a conservation accredited Architect with John Gilbert Architects. They also talk to Victor MacKay of Balmore Inspection Services Ltd on drone surveys.

Expect lots of gory photographs as John shows you:
• How to survey your property yourself to identify maintenance needs. If this doesn’t help convince your co-owners to commission a professional survey then we will suggest what your priority repairs should be if you need to go it alone.
• The different ways of inspecting a tenement such as using cherrypickers, photomasts, rope access and drone surveys, and what sort of typical defects your surveyor might encounter.
• how long you can you expect your concrete tile or slated roof will last last and why it is essential to clean gutters, use lime pointing and keep the stone walls as dry as possible

With Scott Abercrombie, John discusses how a professional property condition survey can help you identify the key repairs and set up a value for money maintenance programme and what the survey is likely to cost.

If you wish to obtain a CPD Certificate for attending this webinar, look out for the course code embedded in the recording and then follow this link to the form which must be completed with the course code. Your certificate will be emailed to you.

CPD link: https://forms.gle/m3YqLTP66riGeDCx7

John Gilbert

Presenter

John is a leading authority on sustainable design in Scotland with over 44 years’ experience as a practicing architect with extensive experience in housing and community issues.

He pioneered working with communities with Assist Architects and with co-author, Annie Flint, wrote The Tenement Handbook. Since starting John Gilbert Architects in 1992, John has been a noted innovator in low cost, low carbon housing. John continues to encourage tenement owners to learn how important maintenance is and in his retirement, continues to illustrate and help with the website www.underoneroof.scot
Scott Abercrombie

Presenter

Scott Abercrombie is an associate director at John Gilbert Architects, where he has worked for the last 10 years. He holds accreditation in conservation from the Royal Institute of British Architects, and accreditation in multi-disciplinary conservation from the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Scott’s work focuses on a range of conservation projects which currently include: conversion of a B-listed church into a climbing centre, refurbishment of a B-listed 1960s tenement on the Royal Mile, and surveying almost 100 pre-1919 tenements for a Glasgow housing association to develop a strategy for their future maintenance and improvement.

Outside of the office, Scott is conservation convenor of the Glasgow Institute of Architects, and acting chair of The Alexander Thomson Society, which are charities based in Glasgow with a focus on built heritage.
Victor MacKay

Presenter