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