These are the rules we hold ourselves to. They exist because most of what gets published about building repair is either advertising or copied from other advertising.
Numbers
Every cost figure is a range, tied to a region and a scope, and reflects recent quoting rather than a national average. Technical figures — compressive strengths, freeze-thaw cycle counts, cover depths, mortar proportions — are given where they change a decision and are checked against published industry and government sources rather than repeated from other articles.
Where a number is genuinely uncertain, we say so. Where a range is wide, the article explains what moves it.
Sources
Technical references point at primary material: industry association technical notes, standards bodies, building departments and government agencies. We do not cite marketing pages, lead-generation directories, or aggregators.
Corrections
Articles are revised when something in them turns out to be wrong or out of date, and the substance of the correction is reflected in the text rather than buried in a footnote. Nothing on the site is written to a deadline that would justify publishing something we are not confident in.
Independence
No article is sponsored, and no placement in an article is for sale. Where an article mentions a category of specialist contractor, that reflects who does that class of work, and no arrangement exists behind it.
Scope
We write about the fabric of buildings and the ground around them. We do not cover interior finishes, appliances, or anything where we have no direct working experience. When a subject sits outside what the contributors actually know, we leave it alone.