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Additional information regarding Boot Pier and Panel PRC Houses.

 

Manufacturer
Henry Boot & Sons LTD
Designer
Unknown
Period Built
1910 - 1930
Number Built
8200
Alternative Name  
Boot

 

 

Physical Attributes and Materials Used

 

  • Boot Pier and Panel PRC Houses come in 2 storey semi-detached and terraced hosues. Boot pier and Panel houses have a  shallow to medium pitch hipped roof covered in standard clay roof tiles. All external walls are rendered throughout Some variations are also known to have ground floor flat roofed bay windows. 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 and timber joists
  • Ceilings are made of plasterboard.
  • Internal wall partitions are timber stub lined and plasterboard 
  • The exterior walls are made of rendered clinker aggregate concrete slab cavity wall. Internal walls are made of standard wall blocks.

 

Areas which are defective

  • Vertical cracking of clinker aggregate PRC columns
  • Cracking of render
  • Corrosion of wall ties
  • Minor corrosion of wall ties

 

 

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) and a PRC repair = A rated