Civil and Building Engineering

Estate and garden:

* Location and establishment of boundaries
* Fences, gates and hedges - material, condition and suitability
* Trees - type and height, proximity to building
* Pathways and drives - material and condition
* Outbuildings - garages, sheds, greenhouses, barns, etc.
* Proximity of water courses

Roof:

* Tile type, treatment at ridge, hips, verge and valleys
* Age of covering, repairs, replacements, renewals, general condition, defects and growths
* Eaves finish, type and condition
* Gutters - material, size, condition, evidence of leakage
* Rainwater downpipes as above
* Chimney - dpcs, flashings, flaunching, pointing, signs of movement
* Flat roofs - materials, repairs, abutments, flashings and drainage

Walls:

* Materials - type of brick, rendering, cladding, etc., condition and evidence of repairs
* Solid or cavity construction, if cavity extent of insulation and type
* Pointing of masonry, painting of rendering and cladding
* Air brick location, function and suitability
* Dpc, material and condition, position relative to ground level
* Windows and doors, material, signs of rot or damage, original or replacement, frame seal
* Settlement - signs of cracking, distortion of window and door frames - specialist report

Drainage:

Abuilding surveyormay provide a general report on the condition of the drainage and sanitation installation. However, a full test for leakage and determination of self-cleansing and flow conditions to include fibreoptic scope examination is undertaken as a specialist survey.