Cladding

Inspections were carried out into four Kings Park blocks earlier this year to check for possible remedial works (Image: Google) Homeowners in four blocks of flats have been given the all-clear over cladding – but an MP says others still face doubts over the safety and the saleability of […] Click here to view original…

Urgent call for fire safety works at Crown Heights to progress (Image: Newsquest) AN urgent call has been made for a house builder to progress with fire safety works at Crown Heights. As previously reported, the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower ablaze in 2017 The Scottish Government’s programme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in “disarray” due to a lack of confidence in its delivery, according to new documents. The UK Government gave Scottish ministers £97m two years ago to improve potentially fatal cladding on buildings […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower ablaze in 2017 The Scottish Government’s programme to remove risky Grenfell-style cladding from buildings is in “disarray” due to a lack of confidence in its delivery, according to new documents. The UK Government gave Scottish ministers £97m two years ago to improve potentially fatal cladding on buildings […] Click here to view original…

Aerial view of Bristol including the tower blocks in Barton Hill More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts are warning hundreds of tower […] Click here to view original…

The Cable quizzes Bristol City Council’s housing chief on the ‘urgent’ rollout of new high-rise fire safety measures, how much it’s all going to cost, and why the authority didn’t act faster. Bristol City Council had been warned of the fire risks related to Eccleston House’s cladding system four […] Click here to view original…

Bristol City Council is to reclad more than half of its 64 residential tower blocks following two high-rise fires Cabinet member for housing Tom Renhard announced last week that towers across Bristol would be reclad to reduce the risk of fires spreading. The city has been hit by two […] Click here to view original…

Inspections were carried out into four Kings Park blocks earlier this year to check for possible remedial works (Image: Google) Homeowners in four blocks of flats have been given the all-clear over cladding – but an MP says others still face doubts over the safety and the saleability of […] Click here to view original…

More than 100 residents are STILL living in “fire safety risk” high-rise flat blocks in Northampton town centre. In November 2021, PA Housing submitted plans to remove cladding and combustible materials from the two Newlife Apartments in Crispin Street, where there are 140 properties. An investigation into the buildings […] Click here to view original…

RESIDENTS of Crown Heights have expressed their dissatisfaction with how long it is taking for potentially dangerous cladding to be removed from the building. As previously reported , the external cladding at Crown Heights, which has around 250 flats, contains the flammable material ‘expanded polystyrene’ and features no firebreaks. […] Click here to view original…