This guide explains why properties founded on clay soils suffer from cracking and provides practical, step-by-step advice and guidance to the home owner on what

Providing practical guidance for homeowners whose properties have been affected by subsidence, or heave, or who are concerned by the potential risk of damage, t

For 10 years Jeff Howell has been answering readers' queries about property through his very popular 'Ask Jeff' column in the Sunday Telegraph. This book, in us

The first edition dealt specifically with the problems associated with properties founded on shrinkable clay soils, and was reprinted many times. The second edi

This book provides a practical strategy for obtaining a more complete and accurate geologic site characterization. The strategy and methods to characterize comp