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100 1 _aDodd, Claire
245 0 0 _aBatten down the hatches
260 _c2007
490 0 _aBuilding
_v272(8491) 3 August 2007, 22-24(3)
520 _aLooks at measures to make homes flood proof. Recommendations include replacing timber floors with concrete and tiling the ground floor, using lime plaster or cement render instead of gypsum plaster, and moving electrical points above the likely flood level. Considers the costs of implementing flood proof measures, where the materials would come from, whether the measures would work, and if buyers would accept them.
590 _aKA
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
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690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
690 _aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-FLOODING
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