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(a) Repair
The brickwork in the majority of houses is soft and
and porous. Pointing in many instances is bad.
The external and internal joinery is ill-fitting,
warned, worn, badly secured and in some cases
decayed.
Many of the wooden floors are defective i.e. springy,
uneven and dropped in the bedrooms and living
rooms.
Front and rear entrance gates, boundary walls and
fencing is generally dilapidated and in many cases
entirely missing.
(b) Stability
Main walls are out of plumb and bulged in some
instances. Several flank walls have tie-rods at
first floor level.
Many dwellings show signs of settlement in the
bedroom walls with cracks of varying width.
Joinery of light construction is ill fitting due to
late settlement. Wood floors also have settled and
floor joists dropped in a number of houses. |
(c) Dampness
Most houses in the area show evidence of rising
and/or penetrating dampness in the walls at all
levels. In some cases damp-proofing has been
adopted in an endeavour to keep the affected
rooms in a reasonable condition for comfort.
Where the houses are constructed in long terraces
the rainwater pipes are generally insufficient in
number to deal adequately with excessive
rainfall.
There is frequent need for remedial action to be
taken to keep the gutters in reasonably
sound condition. In all cases front rain-water pipes
discharge over the public pavement.
Underfloor ventilation is inadequate in the majority
of the houses but in some cases additional air
bricks have been provided to prevent the recurrence
of dry rot in the timbers.
(d) Natural Lighting and Ventilation
In the majority of houses there is no natural lighting
to the staircases.
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