How we would approach your inspection.

We would first ask what problem you have found, when the work was completed, the trade and finish involved, who commissioned the work and what decision the assessment needs to inform. An inspection is not automatically the right first service: a short online discussion may be enough to clarify the next step.

Before accepting an instruction, we consider whether the issue is within our plastering, rendering, dry lining or EWI workmanship specialism and whether any previous involvement or commercial relationship creates a conflict. If the concern needs a structural engineer, fire specialist, building surveyor or regulated retrofit professional, that boundary will be explained.

The proposal would identify the affected areas, whether the review is remote or on site, access and safety constraints, available records, intended deliverable and any separately commissioned written report. Travel and other costs are agreed beforehand. An enquiry alone is not an instruction or appointment.

For an agreed site visit, observations would be located and supported by original photographs and measurements where safe and practicable. A remote review is limited to the material supplied. Statements from a client, evidence seen directly and assumptions would be identified separately rather than treated as equally verified facts.

Where relevant documents can be identified and checked, findings would be considered against the particular project specification, system manufacturer's applicable instructions and relevant published guidance. The correct product, revision, date and provision matter: we do not apply generic thresholds or claim to have verified a standard we have not reviewed.

The agreed output may be verbal guidance, a concise observations summary or a separately scoped technical report. It should distinguish observed conditions, possible explanations, unresolved questions and proportionate next steps. Inaccessible or concealed elements, unverified installation history and specialist matters outside the instruction would be expressly identified.

A visible surface inspection cannot certify concealed wall construction, EWI fixings, fire performance, structural safety or hidden moisture conditions. Opening-up, testing and specialist investigation require separate decisions, competent appointments and permissions. A routine trade report does not automatically qualify as an expert-witness report for court.

Any potential expert-witness instruction would require separate consideration of experience, independence, conflicts, insurance, intended court use and applicable procedure before acceptance; no court accreditation is claimed.