Building Performance Diagnostics in South Bank
The South Bank is a cultural riverside quarter dominated by modern, highly-glazed apartment buildings served by mechanical ventilation. Our work here is consultancy and verification — overheating, indoor air quality, ventilation commissioning and acoustics.
Investigation only, remedial works, or a complete retrofit — your choice.
RetrofitIQ is not only a diagnostics company. We take projects from first investigation through to verified improvement — and you decide how far we go. Engage us for an investigation on its own, for an investigation plus targeted remedial works, or for a complete building-performance and retrofit project in South Bank.
- Airtightness improvements & draught-proofing
- Internal wall insulation (IWI)
- External wall insulation (EWI)
- Loft & roof insulation
- Suspended floor & underfloor insulation
- Thermal-bridge detailing & correction
- Extract ventilation & MVHR installation
- Soundproofing & acoustic upgrades
- General building-fabric improvements
The buildings of South Bank, and how they perform.
South Bank residential stock is largely new and recent high-rise apartments with sealed façades, large solar-exposed glazing and per-flat or centralised mechanical ventilation. Comfort complaints centre on heat gain, ventilation performance and noise rather than draughts.
- New-build riverside apartments
- Highly-glazed residential towers
- Mechanically-ventilated (MVHR) flats
- Mixed-use cultural-quarter buildings
- Serviced and rented apartments
Thermal Imaging Surveys in South Bank
On the South Bank, thermal imaging verifies slab-edge and frame thermal bridges and façade performance.
- Mapping heat loss through walls, roofs and floors
- Locating missing, slumped or incomplete insulation
- Identifying thermal bridging and cold spots
- Highlighting surfaces at risk of condensation
- Revealing hidden defects behind finishes
Damp, Condensation & Mould Investigations in South Bank
Condensation here is localised to cold bridges or under-ventilated rooms; we measure to pinpoint it.
- Separating condensation from penetrating and rising damp
- Finding mould behind wardrobes, furniture and in cold corners
- Measuring relative humidity, surface temperature and dew point
- Assessing ventilation provision and moisture sources
- Combining thermal imaging with a building-physics review
Heat Loss & Energy Efficiency Surveys in South Bank
Priorities are solar-gain control and ventilation heat recovery, not solid-wall loss.
- Pinpointing where heat escapes — walls, floors, roofs, windows and doors
- Setting fabric-first retrofit priorities in the right order
- Quantifying the impact of each potential improvement
- Assessing heat pump readiness where relevant
- Producing a clear, costed improvement plan
Blower Door Testing & Airtightness in South Bank
These buildings are tight — our focus is ventilation commissioning, airflow and indoor air quality.
- Measuring air leakage and uncontrolled heat loss (ACH₅₀)
- Locating draughts with smoke tracing
- Identifying leakage paths through floors, lofts and services
- Guiding targeted airtightness improvements
- Verifying performance before and after retrofit works
Retrofit & Building Physics Advice
We specify and oversee ventilation re-commissioning, filtration, solar-control and acoustic upgrades, then verify.
- A fabric-first, Passive House-informed approach
- Retrofit advice aligned with PAS 2035 principles
- Internal and external wall insulation risk assessment
- Thermal-bridge reduction and condensation-risk modelling
- A coherent ventilation strategy to protect health and fabric
Common building performance problems in South Bank.
A technical, building-physics-led specialist in South Bank.
Book a Building Performance Survey in South Bank.
Request a thermal imaging, damp, condensation or heat loss investigation — or speak to us about a full retrofit. We diagnose by measurement and, where you want it, carry out and verify the works.