The book-end effect
The book-end effect
- 1999
- Times 16 January 1999, 2.14(1) .
Several substantial Victorian and Georgian terraced properties have collpsed recently. A suggested explanation is the `book-end effect`, whereby end-of-terrace walls are gradually pushed outwards by movements started in the middle of the row and continued over several decades.
BOOK-END EFFECT
BUILDING DEFECTS
Refurbishment
GEORGIAN HOUSES
TERRACED HOUSES
VICTORIAN HOUSES
Several substantial Victorian and Georgian terraced properties have collpsed recently. A suggested explanation is the `book-end effect`, whereby end-of-terrace walls are gradually pushed outwards by movements started in the middle of the row and continued over several decades.
BOOK-END EFFECT
BUILDING DEFECTS
Refurbishment
GEORGIAN HOUSES
TERRACED HOUSES
VICTORIAN HOUSES