Cladding

Unsafe cladding being removed from Chatham House flats in Reading, Berkshire. Nearly 2,000 social housing blocks in England have “life-critical” problems with their external cladding, government figures show. The data released earlier this month showed that 1,911 social housing blocks above 11 metres in height had been assessed as […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, The owners of Skyline Chambers in Manchester were taken to a tribunal by the government under the Building Safety Act. Owners of flats in buildings with unsafe cladding and safety defects say they still face “life-changing costs” despite a law designed to protect them. Housing Secretary Michael […] Click here to view original…

Unsafe cladding being removed from Chatham House flats in Reading, Berkshire. Nearly 2,000 social housing blocks in England have “life-critical” problems with their external cladding, government figures show. The data released earlier this month showed that 1,911 social housing blocks above 11 metres in height had been assessed as […] Click here to view original…

CLADDING chaos has pushed residents to the brink after years of building work attracts trespassers, rodents and “serious health and safety concerns”. Berry Court , in St Peter’s Road in Bournemouth, was deemed a flagship property filled with “high quality” homes at its grand opening in 2018. However, six […] Click here to view original…

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Developers have not started fixing dangerous cladding on 71% of dangerous flats They promised to pay to remove flammable cladding last year after Gov pressure | Updated: 04:41 EDT, 16 March 2024 shares 110 View comments London Michael Gove Share or comment on this article: Do YOU live in […] Click here to view original…

Reinsurance support is now in place to launch the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility (the Facility) from 1 April 2024, in an industry intervention to help improve the availability of insurance for certain buildings with combustible cladding and other fire safety issues. The Facility has been established by (re)insurance broker […] Click here to view original…

3 hours Cardiff Council is preparing to move on to phase two of its post Grenfell tower block remediation works. Nelson House, Butetown [Seth Whales/Creative Commons] Plans for a £25m investment in two blocks of flats in the Butetown are of the city are in the pipeline as part […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, The owners of Skyline Chambers in Manchester were taken to a tribunal by the government under the Building Safety Act. Phil McCann BBC News, Manchester Published13 March 2024 Owners of flats in buildings with unsafe cladding and safety defects say they still face “life-changing costs” despite a […] Click here to view original…

The Premier Inn hotel on Greenwich High Road (Credit: Google Earth) A hotel in Greenwich has sent plans to remove combustible cladding from its building following assessments made after the Grenfell Tower fire. Premier Inn on Greenwich High Road has sent an application to the council to have combustible […] Click here to view original…