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Watch this slideshow of a Landmark PRC concrete house repair. See the entire process of an Airey PRC concrete house from start to finish. Additional information regarding Airey houses. Manufacturer
| W Airey & Sons Ltd
| Designer
| Frederick Gibberd
| Period Built
| 1945 - 1955
| Number Built
| 26000
| Alternative Name
| Airey New Improved Duo-Slab House |
Physical Attributes and Materials Used - Airey houses come in 2 storey semi-detached layout with a steep pitch hipped roof with gable roof covered in standard clay roof tiles. Some variations also are known to have an alternative bituminous felt roof. The internal part of the roof is constructed of Timber trusse.
- Ground floor consists of concrete.
- First floor is built with timber tongue and grove boarding with lattice steel joists.
- Ceilings are made of plasterboard
- The exterior part of an Airey house consists of PRC columns and Lapped Concrete Panels. Internal walls are made of standard wall blocks.
Areas which are defective - Cracking of PRC columns.
- Lack of waterproof materials with the PRC panels.
- And in all cases a high level of chloride content in the PRC panels leading to concrete cancer this also applies to the main structural PRC columns.
Environmental and Eco Ratings
- Original Insulation = F rated
- PRC repaired High Density insulation = A Rated
Energy Effeciency - Original Heating = F rated
- New Combi 97% effecient boilder heating (if installed) A rated
Without a complete PRC repair these houses are very hard to mortgage and generally cost far more in the long term than with a PRC repair in terms of saleability and asset value. LandmarkPRC has repaired many of these type of houses with great success and made them into a fully mortagable high standard home for people to live and sell on the open market. With a 60 Year structural guarantee lenders are more readily available so you can obtain a lower "down to earth" mortage rate.
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