What type of house is this? (structurally)

stator

At first thought I would have guessed standard cavity wall but having walked past the house the neighbour has fitted external solid wall insulation. Construction date is unclear, some time between 1950 and 1980.

I now suspect it is either steel framed or poured concrete, but haven't seen anything visually similar.

Pictures 1 and 11 show the front and back. Front is pebbledashed or something similar. The rear of the house looks like it has some kind of huge lintel between the floors

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/32429204?search_identifier=a956b67a83a51c9ca1c35ea48338a918#86G2t72fheRhBKYc.97


Agents can't answer this question. Vendor doesn't live there either.

Anyone got a clue?

ruggedtoast

Might be BISF.

stator

I don't think it's BISF, those seem to have windows and doors exactly the same width on upper and lower floors but I could be wrong

Closer view of the "lintel"
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.415027,-4.159037,3a,74.9y,272.97h,90.94t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s96ktIqF48FHa14HZv_XPQA!2e0!6m1!1e1

Madbags

Looks similar to our house which is Wimpey No Fines Poured Concrete.

stator

Madbags wrote: »

Looks similar to our house which is Wimpey No Fines Poured Concrete.

Interesting. Any chance you could PM me a link to any of the same houses from your street that are for sale, or a link to google street view etc so I can see?

carefullycautious

My husband worked on numerous Wimpey no fines here are some for you.


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.311652,-1.924943,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s0kscppMpyBaqJl3uhfYlDg!2e0!6m1!1e1


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Highland+Way,+Redditch,+Worcestershire+B98+7RH/@52.2877051,-1.9255751,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4870c1a4735a2763:0x49bb0bddf293abe


Hope this helps

carefullycautious

He suspects that the ones you are looking at are an earlier version. Pebbledash is the giveaway. If you penetrated the pebbledash you would see stones and cement.

stator

Yes, thanks for all the input. It does look quite similar to some of the Wimpey No-fines, but I have yet to see any with the 'lintel' style bar that goes around the house between floors, perhaps it's just decorative.

carefullycautious

This tells you all you need to know about the lintel


http://www.concrete.org.uk/fingertips_nuggets.asp?cmd=display&id=904

stator

carefullycautious wrote: »

This tells you all you need to know about the lintel


http://www.concrete.org.uk/fingertips_nuggets.asp?cmd=display&id=904

Thanks, have you seen the document? Do you think it's readable for a non-engineer?

PixelPound

what about
http://bisfhouse.com/henry-boot-construction-barnsley-project/