Brick repair solutions

Repairing damaged bricks is far more cost-effective than replacing them, which is exactly what we do at Plastic Surgeon on a regular basis for construction companies, facilities or estates managers across the commercial, care home, health, social housing and other sectors such as schools, hospitals and the MoD.  Plus, of course, individual homeowners come to us, looking to repair unsightly damage before they put their homes on the market, for example.

Innovation in Products and Services BIFM award winner

As the UK economy sails through troubled waters, facilities managers are under increasing budgetary pressure; margins are being squeezed up and down the supply chain, and buyers are being asked to get even more for less.

Critall windows on steel frame manufacture

Technical Journalist and Editor of Modern Methods of Construction, Bruce Meechan, talks to the Managing Director of Crittall Windows.

During my 25 years as a construction journalist I have witnessed steel window manufacturer, Crittall, battling inertia to modernise its manufacturing processes, before going through a rocky period under American ownership. It was heartening therefore, in 2010, to see the company revitalised by MD John Pyatt and be given the Queen's Award for Enterprise, International Trade, as business grew here and abroad.

Floor repair

During a recent presentation to a major contractor, our Managing Director, Rob Mouser was apparently asked whether we could patch tarmac. Well I am sorry to report that while we have a repair strategy for virtually every type of building substrate from natural sandstone and marble, through to laminate work-surfaces and or chipped bathroom suites, we choose to leave road-mending to Yosser Hughes and the rest of "The Boys from the Black Stuff".

Fascia repairs

Fascias are important parts of our buildings, being that they protect them from the extremes of weather we see in the unpredictable British climate. The word comes from Latin, and literally means 'band, bandage, ribbon or swathe,' and in this wet country, the fascia is typically used as a carrier for guttering.

Making an entrance - Door repair 

We have all walked past them – beautiful old Victorian and Georgian terraces with replacement windows and doors, their appeal diminished, not only in the sense of history, but also in their visual character and interest.