Contact and corrections

Identifying an entry

Every piece on this desk carries a short slug in its address, such as worktop-overhang-for-seating, and sits inside one of four shelves: Kitchen Planning, Cabinetry, Counters and Surfaces, or Appliances and Fittings. Quote the slug and the title together. If you are reading a forwarded or printed copy, the title alone is usually enough, because titles are kept distinct and short.

What a usable correction contains

State the sentence or figure you believe is wrong, name the entry slug, say what it should read instead, and attach or cite the evidence: a manufacturer document, a published standard, a certified performance listing, or a dated photograph of the installation in question. A correction that rests on a single recollection is still read, and is noted in the entry as an open question until a document settles it.

What happens to a correction

Substantive corrections are folded into the entry body and the change is described inside the piece. Where a point is genuinely contested between manufacturers, the entry says so and gives both readings rather than picking a winner. Every corrected entry keeps its original date and carries the date of the revision.

What the desk answers

Questions about planning, materials, comparisons and visual literacy are the ones this desk exists to answer. Gas, electrical and structural work is described at the planning level, so that a reader can specify it clearly to the licensed trade who carries it out.