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any building engineers out there??

  • 20-10-2010 11:12pm
    #1
    celtboy1888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭


    ok simple question...council house, chimney is cracked very badly...how do i get the council to sort it out, they have been told..but saying it is ok to use...it is clearly not:( any documents stating the procedure when a crack is seen on a liner??

    tnx


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  • #2
    FesterBeatty
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 406 ✭✭FesterBeatty


    No standard documents. You'll need a structural engineer's report - and even then the council wont pay for it - its likely you'll fork out yourself.


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    What is your worry? It is council property. It is not going to fall down so if the council are happy to let it deteriorate further, I wouldnt be overly worried.
    Any report you get now is unlikely to be strongly enough worded to get the council to act so I would sit tight. If it gets to the stage that you have soot damage coming through onto the wall surface etc, you could then get a strongly worded professional report stating that it is not in a habitable condition.


  • #4
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Put your concerns in writing and send them to the housing section of the LA. CC a copy to your solicitor. That way you have effectively started a log on the defect and made the landlord aware of it. Contacting the PRTB may also be an option.

    Because we are dealing with a defect in the chimney here I would not accept a flippent attitude from the council. It may be a case that there is presently no worries with the defect, but that isn't your call, and it shouldn't cost you to get a report done in what is effectively a rented house.


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