Cladding crisis: How can we sleep in ‘fire risk’ homes?
Natasha James, left, and Susan Oliver, who live in 15-storey Papyrus House DISABLED residents living in a high-rise building have said they “don’t sleep at night” because of fire safety fears. They fear that there is a lack of escape routes and worry about what materials are wrapped around […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding crisis: ‘Some days I can’t leave the house’
The sale of Sophie Grayling’s flat fell through after dangerous external cladding was discovered “It’s like a crippling depression where you can’t get up. My anxiety is really bad, some days I can’t leave the house.” Sophie Grayling, 28, bought a two-bed flat in Chelmsford, Essex just weeks after […] Click here to view original…
Most Victorian combustible cladding removal works incomplete
The MCG has had flammable cladding removed, but many other affected buildings in Victoria have not. Live Victoria has barely made a dent in fully removing combustible cladding on buildings, with less than a fifth of rectification works completed. Cladding Safety Victoria’s annual report was among a dump of […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: ‘Some days I can’t leave the house’
Image caption, The sale of Sophie Grayling’s flat fell through after dangerous external cladding was discovered “It’s like a crippling depression where you can’t get up. My anxiety is really bad, some days I can’t leave the house.” Sophie Grayling, 28, bought a two-bed flat in Chelmsford, Essex just […] Click here to view original…
Most Vic cladding removal works incomplete
Victoria has barely made a dent in fully removing combustible cladding on buildings, with less than a fifth of rectification works completed. Cladding Safety Victoria’s annual report was among a dump of more than 100 documents from state government agencies tabled in parliament on Thursday. To June 30 this […] Click here to view original…
Cladding report exposes scandal’s mental health toll: ‘I don’t know a single victim who hasn’t had problems’
Sophie Bichener’s life was ‘turned upside down’ when she discovered her property had fire safety defects, with repair costs to the tune of £208,000 (Photo: Supplied) The first study into the devastating toll of the cladding scandal on leaseholders’ mental health has been released. The University of Sheffield interviewed […] Click here to view original…
Most Vic cladding removal works incomplete
The MCG has had flammable cladding removed, but many other affected buildings in Victoria have not. Victoria has barely made a dent in fully removing combustible cladding on buildings, with less than a fifth of rectification works completed. Cladding Safety Victoria’s annual report was among a dump of more […] Click here to view original…
Most Victorian combustible cladding removal works incomplete
Live Victoria has barely made a dent in fully removing combustible cladding on buildings, with less than a fifth of rectification works completed. Cladding Safety Victoria’s annual report was among a dump of more than 100 documents from state government agencies tabled in parliament on Thursday. To June 30 […] Click here to view original…
Most Vic cladding removal works incomplete
The MCG has had flammable cladding removed, but many other affected buildings in Victoria have not. Victoria has barely made a dent in fully removing combustible cladding on buildings, with less than a fifth of rectification works completed. Cladding Safety Victoria’s annual report was among a dump of more […] Click here to view original…
Troops housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster
× by our parliamentary reporter @TrinderMatt TROOPS are being housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding more than four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed today that 755 buildings with sleeping accommodation in Britain are either fully or partially covered in combustible cladding.MoD, […] Click here to view original…
The UK’s top 10 envelope contractors
The UK’s building envelope specialists saw the biggest drop in revenue last year. And the sector is braced for further challenges ahead. Eight firms in the top 10 reported a decline in revenue in their latest financial year, with an aggregate fall of £166m across the group. This was […] Click here to view original…
Essex housing: Bellway Homes to replace ‘unsafe Grenfell-style cladding in Chelmsford flats
A housing company in Essex has confirmed it will step in to fund works that will remove “unsafe” Grenfell style cladding from their homes. Leaseholders on the Marconi estate in Chelmsford were some of three million owners of fire-risk flats which need to be made safe following the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…