Persimmon carrying out thousands of inspections at timber-frame homes

By Jonathan Owen2020-01-14T06:01:00

Around 500 being looked at every week

Persimmon is inspecting around 500 homes a week after an independent review commissioned by the firm said that it had routinely failed to install correct cavity barriers and firestopping on its timber-frame properties.

Last month’s report, conducted by Grenfell QC Stephanie Barwise, found that the failure to install cavity barriers properly was a “systemic nationwide problem” and called for the firm’s board to reassess the builder’s whole “purpose and ambition”.

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