Valuation results - steel construction, asbestos in artex

stator

ed110220 wrote: »

That's not entirely true. You can clad a steel-framed house in brick, block, UPVC, timber, hanging tiles etc etc, but it does not replace the steel frame or make the house any different structurally or for mortgage purposes. It is only cosmetic.

I meant a proper repair obviously. It's been done to many of the defective house types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqpBawMZlPg
It could be done to the non-defective ones too if they had major problems.

ed110220

stator wrote: »

I meant a proper repair obviously. It's been done to many of the defective house types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqpBawMZlPg
It could be done to the non-defective ones too if they had major problems.

No, that's for precast reinforced concrete homes that are built from prefabricated panels. The first floor and roof are held up using large props/jacks, the panels taken out and then the walls rebuilt. That's actually a structural repair. In a steel framed house, the steel extends through the first floor and roof structure so short of dismantling the whole house it can't be removed.

In cases where the base of the stanchions are badly corroded, which is rare but bot unknown, they are cut out and new steel welded in (typically the 300mm or so above the foundation). This is a significant job, but not a massive one like reconstruction of a PRC house.