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Default Mega Expanding Foam from Beeny

On 22 Sep, 08:09, Jim K wrote:
On 22 Sep, 07:29, therustyone wrote:



On 21 Sep, 23:47, Owain wrote:


On Help My House Is Falling Down Why Didn't I Get A Survey And Does
This Crack Really Matter tonight, Ms Beeny demonstrated, well not
personally, some mega expanding foam that you pump under a house
instead of underpinning it. Sets concrete hard very quickly.


There are some photos on the house's own site athttp://carrickhousefareham.co.uk/uretek-ground-stabilisation.html


And my suspicion that it was a rather downmarket B&B before (from all
the fire detectors and the drains blocked with Full English fat) was
confirmed.


Owain


Temporary fix ? * This stuff is organic so will degenerate over time.
When they experimentally glued large concrete tiles on the outside of
tower blocks in the 60's (Univ of Warwick) they started falling off in
20 years as the epoxy decayed and weakened and this became a big
safety issue for pedestrians for many yards around.


gotta link to the reason(s) why?

Jim K


http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/40/m...ristopherhall/

My own memory is that the glue was blamed, though this article does
suggest mortar was used. Legal issues might have created
confidentiality about the exact cause.

rusty
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