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Post by ginnyg2 on Jan 18, 2024 12:43:28 GMT
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/developer-to-demolish-36-new-homes-at-darwin-green-developme-9316199/Developer to demolish 36 new homes at Darwin Green development in Cambridge due to issue with foundations. Properties built by the Victorians are still standing and occupied. These clowns couldn't put up a tent. Such is progress. I remember decades ago passing a Barratt estate at the entrance to which despairing residents had put up a sign which read "Barratt Homes - we start 'em you finish 'em" due to the numerous faults which hapless purchasers had to rectify. Apparently since then Barratts have learned nothing.
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Post by Dogburger on Jan 18, 2024 16:33:43 GMT
Without knowing the full details here in general there are reasons why house builders avoided building houses on poor ground . Though some may say there is plenty of room to build houses in the UK for our ever growing population in fact there is not
But this isn't one to blame on poor workmanship , its a failure of the surveyors and building inspectors who have basically got their numbers wrong
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Post by jonksy on Jan 18, 2024 16:54:25 GMT
Without knowing the full details here in general there are reasons why house builders avoided building houses on poor ground . Though some may say there is plenty of room to build houses in the UK for our ever growing population in fact there is not But this isn't one to blame on poor workmanship , its a failure of the surveyors and building inspectors who have basically got their numbers wrong Probably those houses were built on a landfill. |
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Post by Dogburger on Jan 18, 2024 21:06:05 GMT
Without knowing the full details here in general there are reasons why house builders avoided building houses on poor ground . Though some may say there is plenty of room to build houses in the UK for our ever growing population in fact there is not But this isn't one to blame on poor workmanship , its a failure of the surveyors and building inspectors who have basically got their numbers wrong Probably those houses were built on a landfill. From what Ive read its just crappy clay that required a different type of foundation |
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Post by Hutchyns on Jan 18, 2024 21:29:58 GMT
Disappointed to read that Barratts aren't covering themselves in glory, and it could be that the necessary examination of the ground proposed for building wasn't adequately completed. But a thread that gives the older members of the Forum an excuse to watch the old Barratts helicopter in action  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2024 22:16:15 GMT
Very James Bond!  |
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Post by ginnyg2 on Jan 19, 2024 11:39:46 GMT
Without knowing the full details here in general there are reasons why house builders avoided building houses on poor ground . Though some may say there is plenty of room to build houses in the UK for our ever growing population in fact there is not But this isn't one to blame on poor workmanship , its a failure of the surveyors and building inspectors who have basically got their numbers wrong Probably those houses were built on a landfill. Building on landfill is quite possible to achieve successfully but at a cost. WIMPEY (acronym We Import More Paddies Every Year) were building the Summit estate in Monkeytown (where totheleft lives) on an old landfill site. They had to pour 80 cubic yards (that was in the good old days of imperial measurement) of concrete for each pair of semis before they even started on the footings. But at least they didn't have to knock houses down and start all over again. |
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Post by jonksy on Jan 19, 2024 14:42:37 GMT
Probably those houses were built on a landfill. Building on landfill is quite possible to achieve successfully but at a cost. WIMPEY (acronym We Import More Paddies Every Year) were building the Summit estate in Monkeytown (where totheleft lives) on an old landfill site. They had to pour 80 cubic yards (that was in the good old days of imperial measurement) f concrete for each pair of semis before they even started on the footings. But at least they didn't have to knock houses down and start all over again.oIt isn't difficult to do the job right Ginny .....Barrat probaly trying to save a few qui yet again.......I wonder how many inspectors and surveyers are in their pocket?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2024 14:52:08 GMT
Because of heave, clay soils can really do with a reinforced concrete raft to build on. Even then the heave and shrinkage may not be uniform and the whole raft can become slightly off level.
Jonksy will know all about this, being a builder.
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Post by sandypine on Jan 19, 2024 16:45:01 GMT
Probably those houses were built on a landfill. Building on landfill is quite possible to achieve successfully but at a cost. WIMPEY (acronym We Import More Paddies Every Year) were building the Summit estate in Monkeytown (where totheleft lives) on an old landfill site. They had to pour 80 cubic yards (that was in the good old days of imperial measurement) of concrete for each pair of semis before they even started on the footings. But at least they didn't have to knock houses down and start all over again. It seems strange that demolition is the order of the day and not some form of underpinning which suggests a deeper or more extensive problem and that where a raft should have been installed they tried to get away with slightly larger footings. The details in the report are pretty thin on the ground. |
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Post by ginnyg2 on Jan 19, 2024 17:06:27 GMT
Building on landfill is quite possible to achieve successfully but at a cost. WIMPEY (acronym We Import More Paddies Every Year) were building the Summit estate in Monkeytown (where totheleft lives) on an old landfill site. They had to pour 80 cubic yards (that was in the good old days of imperial measurement) f concrete for each pair of semis before they even started on the footings. But at least they didn't have to knock houses down and start all over again.oIt isn't difficult to do the job right Ginny .....Barrat probaly trying to save a few qui yet again.......I wonder how many inspectors and surveyers are in their pocket?
Or how many sub contractors screwed down on price decided to try to get away with sub-standard work. As you know Barratt don't build houses. They probably have an agent on site and everything is sub contracted out. |
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