Terms of Service

Reading The Surface File is subject to the terms set out below. They are short, and they mostly say that this is written information rather than professional advice.

Amendments

What appears on this page is the current agreement. Whatever appears here when a reader visits is the operative version.

No Warranty of Accuracy

Reasonable care goes into keeping the content accurate. Regulations and market prices both change faster than published guidance does.

Not Advice for Your Job

No article here constitutes advice for a specific project. Countertops work varies with the building, the site and the local rules, and only somebody who has examined the actual work can advise on it.

Reuse of Content

The writing on this site is not free for reuse. Attribution with a link earns a quotation; scraping the page does not.

Third Party Sites

Where an outside site is linked, it is because it is relevant. Their inclusion is not an endorsement, and those sites are outside this one's control.

Limitation of Liability

Decisions taken on the basis of anything read here are the reader's own. No responsibility is accepted for any resulting expense or loss, so far as the law allows.