Reading tower block residents face cladding removal wait
Hanover House was originally built as offices in the 1960s but was converted into flats in 2015 People living in a tower block with dangerous cladding are having to wait longer for it to be removed. The cladding at Hanover House on Kings Road, Reading, was deemed a “fire […] Click here to view original…
Flats in Victoria Wharf Cardiff Bay have flammable cladding – and it’s residents not Taylor Wimpey who are expected to pay for the work
Flats in Victoria Wharf Cardiff Bay have flammable cladding – and it’s residents not Taylor Wimpey who are expected to pay for the work Surveyors have found several fire safety risks at an apartment complex in Cardiff Bay, with flammable polystyrene in the walls and a lack of adequate fire barriers. Residents living at Victoria…
Fire risk cladding on Reading flats finally set to be removed
Hanover House in King’s Road, Cladding on Hanover House is set to be removed after fire chiefs confirmed it posed a risk to residents. […] Click here to view original web page at www.getreading.co.uk
The Building (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
In response to major concerns that combustible cladding is not explicitly banned under statute, the Department of Finance (DoF) considers that in addition to longer term reform, there is scope for action in relation to external fire spread in Northern Ireland. In this insight we summarise the current public […] Click here to view original…
Plans submitted to remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from east Reading flats
171158 GV Hanover House, London Road, Reading – Pictures: Mike Swift. Plans have been submitted to remove and replace dangerous Grenfell-style cladding from a block of flats in east Reading. The cladding is on Hanover House, on 202 Kings Road. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed in November […] Click here to view original…
Hundreds of high-rise tenants in Manchester still living with unsafe cladding
The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in London Hundreds of people in Manchester are still stuck in the ‘depressing’ situation of living in high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. While all social housing landlords have removed aluminium composite material (ACM) from buildings […] Click here to view original…
Cladding Scandal Latest: The ‘Firetrap’ Homes That Can’t Get Fire Insurance
The Albion Works site in Manchester. Over the past few weeks on LBC we’ve been exposing the latest development in the cladding scandal, which has left up to 3 million of you living in ‘worthless’ flats. Many are people who can’t sell their homes without what’s known as EWS1 […] Click here to view original…
Sir Keir Starmer: Lack of action on cladding ‘completely unacceptable’
Sir Keir Starmer has told LBC it is “completely unacceptable” that more action has not been taken on cladding three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Speaking during ”Call Keir’ on LBC, the Labour leader said we cannot allow homes to remain “unsellable and unmortgageable”. He spoke to a […] Click here to view original…
The Guardian view on housing policy: Grenfell survivors deserve better
The Grenfell inquiry continues, and as the contractors on the tower’s refurbishment give their evidence, a murky picture becomes clearer. Before the hearings paused in March due to Covid, emails from the cladding manufacturer, Arconic, revealed the company knew the panels were not suitable for use on building facades […] Click here to view original…
Social and private landlords urged to accelerate plans to remove and replace ACM cladding
Building safety The Mayor of London and London Fire Commissioner have called for faster action on the nationwide building safety crisis. There are currently 243 high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings that still carry Grenfell-style cladding systems which are unlikely to meet building regulations in England, according to the […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: Failed Cardiff fire safety flat owners’ ‘dread’
A survey found safety issues with cladding on the outside of some of the flats People living in high-rise flats which failed fire safety tests say they feel trapped, with a sense of “never-ending dread” over the repairs. A number of building defects came to light at Victoria Wharf […] Click here to view original…
Cardiff Bay: ‘Constant dread’ of failed fire safety flat owners
A survey found safety issues with cladding on the outside of some of the flats People living in high-rise flats which failed fire safety tests say they feel trapped, with a sense of “never-ending dread” over the repairs. A number of building defects came to light at Victoria Wharf […] Click here to view original…