Underpin policy countered
Underpin policy countered
- 1992
- New Civil Engineer (979) 30 January 1992, 9(1) .
Insurance companies are paying out hundreds of millions of pounds on totally unnecessary house underpinning according to the BRE. Underpinning is being used to remedy clay subsidence which is trivial in engineering terms and in 75% of cases cracks were purely cosmetic.
Insurance companies are paying out hundreds of millions of pounds on totally unnecessary house underpinning according to the BRE. Underpinning is being used to remedy clay subsidence which is trivial in engineering terms and in 75% of cases cracks were purely cosmetic.