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Undercloaking not straight
Rain water downpipe
Not in the corner
Rain water downpipe
in the corner but not vertical this time!
Something missing?
Neither a straight arch or a soldier arch - a mix up!
No attempt has been made to select bricks from more than one
pack to mix them up thus avoiding colour banding like this.
It looks wrong!
The rendered panel
should end at
projecting brickwork
Different colour roof tiles
(poor mixing on site)
Guttering not connected
Lead flashing to porch had fallen out. Repair not level and roof tiles stained
Large gap!
Poor bedding of ridge tiles
Small cut should not
have been used
Gutter stop-end missing
Rain water downpipe not
Plumb (vertical)
Untidy pointing and poor
vertical brick coursing
Large bed joint to chimney shoulder and lead
flashing cut too short
Dirty brickwork under
brick cill
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