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Watch this presentation of a Orlit PRC home / house being rebuilt from start to finish.
********Coming Soon!******** Additional information regarding Blackburn Orlit
Manufacturer
| Scottish Orlit Co. LTD
| Designer
| Unknown
| Period Built
| 1950 to 1952 | Number Built
| 360 | Alternative Name
| Blackburn Orlit |
Physical Attributes and Materials Used - A Blackburn Orlit house comes in a 2 storey semi-detached and terraced construction. Roof is of a low pitched gable roof covered in panel roof tiles. The internal part of the roof is constructed of steel trusses and with bituminous felt.
- Foundation is approximately 3 foot thick
- Ground floor consists of concrete.
- First floor is built with timber tongue and grove boarding on PRC beams on sleeper walls
- Ceilings are made of plasterboard and supported with 3x2 intersecting battens.
- The exterior part of a Blackburn Orlit house consists of PRC beams (not seen) with PC panels. Internal walls are pc panel, wood battens and plasterboard.
Areas which are defective - Cracking of PRC columns
- High level of chlorides in PRC columns and support beams
- Carbonation of PRC columns and support beams are also present
Environmental and Eco Ratings
- Original Insulation = E rated
- PRC repaired High Density insulation = A Rated
Energy Effeciency - Original Heating = E rated
- New Combi 97% effecient boilder heating (if installed) A rated
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