http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:49:26 +0100 Rocketspark http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/18644/pca-national-award/ July 2022 PRESS RELEASE National award for North East business A preservation company from Houghton le Spring, has been presented with a top award at a ceremony hosted by national trade body the Property Care Association (PCA). Hepple Property Care was named Contractor of the Year in Damp and Timber award for small to medium businesses, after demonstrating its high level of professionalism and quality service, based on its annual audit. The company specialises in damp proofing, timber treatment... Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:09:53 +0000 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post18644 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/18424/thank-you/ Really nice touch from one of our clients who was very impressed with both our work and customer service. They even wrapped the gifts in our company colours with stars. Really nice touch and great to hear good feedback.... Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:40:13 +0000 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post18424 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/18266/10-years-service/ A big thankyou and congratulations to our Surveyor/Contracts Manager Jim Millar on his 10 years of service. Jim is an integral part of what we do and his efforts undoubtedly helped us win Contractor of The Year (just a shame he was on holiday at the time of the award).Jim has worked with Andrew for over 25 years and they have never even had a cross word in that time which is certainly good, although they do both share the same birthday which may help with reading the other's mind.Thanks again Ji... Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:59:24 +0100 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post18266 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/18250/we-won-contractor-of-the-year-2022/ We are very honoured and privileged to announce that we were awarded Contractor of the Year at the PCA awards. We could not have done this without our fantastic team and it is a great recognition for the work that we do.... Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:52:37 +0100 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post18250 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/13605/world-war-2-pillbox/ One of last week's projects, carrying out waterproofing to a World War 2 bunker/pillbox at the bottom of a clients garden in Cleveland. Our workmen Andy and Josh fitted a cavity drain membrane to walls, floor and ceiling, perimeter drainage and sump pump to deal with water entry into the building.... Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post13605 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/13431/waterproofing-project/ Works carried out this week to a basement and garage in Chester-le-Street, Co Durham. We were asked by the client to provide a waterproofing system to deal with any potential water ingress due to the property being built into a hillside. Normally this would involve fitting a pump and incorporating waterproofing to the floors but the client was happy to leave these as the floors contained a damp proof membrane, waterproof re-inforced concrete and concrete screed.  We therefore fit a new wate... Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post13431 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/13075/a-little-bit-of-rot/ Carried out a sub floor inspection to a suspended timber floor in Co Durham this week. Think it's fair to say that it requires a bit of work.... Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post13075 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/15743/merry-christmas/ We would like to wish all our customers both past and present a very merry christmas and a happy new year.I would also like to say a big thank you to all the staff who have worked very hard this last year in  challenging circumstances and following Covid guidelines. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:24:31 +0000 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post15743 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/11360/survey-for-insect-infestation/ Carried out a survey this week for a customer who had purchased a new table constructed from a newly felled section of timber. All was fine until it was brought home and now literally hundreds of beetles are emerging from the timber. We identified this as Bark Borer Beetle (Ernobius mollis) which affects timbers containing bark and the outer sap rings of timbers. Such a shame for the client as removing the bark to kill off the infestation is going to take away one of the features why they purcha... Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post11360 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/post/14500/congatulations-trudy-shaw/ ... Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:54:43 +0100 http://www.hepplepropertycare.co.uk/blog/#post14500