Window replacement leads to wall collapse
Language: English Series: Building Today ; vol 196 no 5772 8/9/88 p19Publication details: 1988Subject(s): Summary: Warns against danger of employing incompetent builders when having new windows installed by illustrating with an example of a case where a house in Kent nearly collapsed after the load-bearing wooden window frame from a bay-fronted house was removed causing the wall above to begin to collapse.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB2436-12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 17882-1001 |
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Warns against danger of employing incompetent builders when having new windows installed by illustrating with an example of a case where a house in Kent nearly collapsed after the load-bearing wooden window frame from a bay-fronted house was removed causing the wall above to begin to collapse.