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Additional information regarding Gregory PRC Houses.

 

Manufacturer
Gregory Housing Ltd / Drury & Co. Ltd
Designer
Unknown
Period Built
1954 onward
Number Built
1500
Alternative Name  

 

 

 

Physical Attributes and Materials Used

 

  • 2-storey semi-detached houses. Mansard hipped roof covered with concrete tiles.
    External walls of reconstituted stone faced clinker PC blocks to first floor and tile hanging to mansard edge.
  • Concrete strip footings with integral pad foundations. Brick underbuilding. DPC PC plinth units.
  • External walls consist of PRC post and story height PRC panels. 
  • Seperating wall contains storey height PRC columns, PRC panels, cavity and plasterboard.
  • Ceilings consist of plasterboards.
  • Partitioned walls consist of clinker block.
  • Ground floor made with concrete
  • First floor has PRC secondary beams bolted to main beams.
  • Roof consists of inverted T shaped PRC secondary beams on RSA bolted to PRC beam, timber rafters and tiles.

 

Areas which are defective

 

  • Spalling of external wall clinker PC blocks.
  • Inadequate cover to reinforcement in PRC columns.
  • Medium chloride level in 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) and a PRC repair = A rated