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Unity Houses in Chesham

Unity Houses in Chesham Two Unity house owners describe how they have been affected by the publication of the Building Research Establishment report into the structural condition of Unity houses. The authors compare the results obtained from a chemical analysis of a concrete component at a Unity house in Chesham with those in the BRE report and discuss the lack of understanding of the significance of these results, and of the processes of carbonation and chlorideinduced corrosion, on the part of the building societies and the Building Societies Association BSA. They conclude that this basic lack of understanding has made building societies overcautious in their treatment of Unity houses, which in turn has led to a mortgage blight on their estate. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Structural Survey Emerald Publishing

Unity Houses in Chesham

Structural Survey , Volume 3 (4): 7 – Apr 1, 1985

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0263-080X
DOI
10.1108/eb006220
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Abstract

Two Unity house owners describe how they have been affected by the publication of the Building Research Establishment report into the structural condition of Unity houses. The authors compare the results obtained from a chemical analysis of a concrete component at a Unity house in Chesham with those in the BRE report and discuss the lack of understanding of the significance of these results, and of the processes of carbonation and chlorideinduced corrosion, on the part of the building societies and the Building Societies Association BSA. They conclude that this basic lack of understanding has made building societies overcautious in their treatment of Unity houses, which in turn has led to a mortgage blight on their estate.

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Structural SurveyEmerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1985

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