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Watch this presentation of a Wessex PRC home being rebuilt from start to finish. Additional information regarding Wessex PRC houses. Manufacturer
| Orlit Ltd | Designer
| | Period Built
| | Number Built
| 1500
| Alternative Name
| Concrete Construction (wales), Orlit |
Physical Attributes and Materials Used - Bungalows and 2 storey houses.
- Medium pitch hipped or gable roof covered with concrete tiles.
- External walls of storey height PRC panels.
- PRC ring beam at first floor level.
- PRC window surrounds and ground floor sill units.
- Tile hanging to gable apex.
Areas which are defective - Carbonation of PRC panels and first floor beams.
- Low cover to continuity steel in first floor PRC ring beams.
- Negative bearing of PRC spine beam on seperating wall, thus relying on the projecting steel cast into ring beam.
- Detorioration of PRC corner panels.
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
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