Charles Church Owners Clubtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3648832012-02-04T23:37:06ZFor owners of Charles Church propertiesTypePadtypepad/allenbrown/chchochttp://feedburner.google.comCavity Wall insulationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ca31353ef016300b8183a970d2012-02-04T23:37:06+00:002012-02-04T23:37:06ZAnyone have any experience of installing cavity wall insulation on a Charles Church home?Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2012/02/cavity-wall-insulation.htmlSubscribers, subscribers, subcribers!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-347764182007-06-01T23:09:10+01:002007-06-01T22:09:10ZIt is most gratifying to see that the number of subscribers to this site has doubled in the last three weeks. Given that the number of people who could even possibly be interested in this subject numbers only a few...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2007/06/subscribers_sub.htmlRoof cleaningtag:typepad.com,2003:post-122263792006-08-16T18:07:41+01:002006-08-16T17:07:41ZTo clean or not to clean? All our roofs, whether they are Roman tiles (the big curvy ones) or normal tiles (the small flat ones) collect moss and lichen like a small child collects head lice. Unlike head lice, moss...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/08/roof_cleaning.htmlBoilerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-112956422006-06-28T11:59:49+01:002006-06-28T10:59:49ZA quick and unscientific survey reveals that most still have the original 20-year-old heating boiler, typically a Glow-worm Fuelsaver 55F, and most of those have been warned by their local friendly plumber that it can't last much longer. Or can...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/06/boilers.htmlCharles Church designstag:typepad.com,2003:post-111614002006-06-20T14:34:11+01:002006-06-20T13:34:11ZIn the mid to late 1980s, when most of these estates were built, Charles Church used a relatively small number of designs. Some of the larger 3 Bed and 4 Bed detached designs are listed below but can you help...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/06/charles_church__1.htmlKnobstag:typepad.com,2003:post-110247012006-06-13T18:30:08+01:002006-06-13T17:30:08ZMany Charles Church homes still have the original internal door knobs and fittings. The rose (i.e. the backing plate) unscrews easily and if you look on the inside of the rose it says 'Gainsborough Hardware'. The ones we've seen so...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/06/knobs.htmlCharles Church estatestag:typepad.com,2003:post-108939102006-06-05T21:00:15+01:002006-06-05T20:00:15ZThis web site is designed for all Charles Church estates that were built around the late 1980s and use Charles Church's designs such as Elizabethan II, Tudor, Lyndhurst, Hatfield and Campbell. Can you help us compile a list of these...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/06/charles_church_.htmlExterior woodworktag:typepad.com,2003:post-108924472006-06-05T19:42:35+01:002006-06-05T18:42:35ZOne of the bigger but less frequent jobs on most Charles Church properties is to maintain the wooden beams, facias and soffits. Two painters with experience of this work have suggested it should be done every five years but they're...Allen Brownhttp://www.chchoc.co.uk/2006/06/exterior_woodwo.html