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Great DIY disasters - a late entry
Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html Ouch. David |
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator will move away and it will have one fewer village idiot. Christian. |
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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator will move away and it will have one fewer village idiot. Christian. It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ? |
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Fray Bentos wrote:
It was a listed building Well, its certainly listing now! -- Reply address is spamtrapped. Remove theobvious for valid e-mail address |
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"Fray Bentos" wrote in message .uk... "Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator will move away and it will have one fewer village idiot. It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ? I suggest the real 'village idiots' read the story rather than just assume... |
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It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ? A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to rebuild it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he needed, and actually had, permission for what he was doing |
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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message ... It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ? A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to rebuild it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he needed, and actually had, permission for what he was doing Or Insurance........... Baz |
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"Baz" wrote in message ... "Peter Crosland" wrote in message ... It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ? A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to rebuild it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he needed, and actually had, permission for what he was doing Or Insurance........... Baz If I hear anything, I'll let you know. It's about 2 miles from where I am currently sitting! -- Bob Mannix (anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not) |
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"Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html "It was a very old building. There was always the possibility that the weight of the thatch was too much for it - or that work had been undertaken on it which weakened something. " ATM it seem that it's only one of many possibilities, It would be nice if it was a 'DIY' induced problem, otherwise the next door properties could have problems too.... |
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"Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html Of course, for a real disaster, you need professional European building improvers: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/news/world/...icle=CAS305478 |
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"Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html Ouch. I can see a picture. What a shame :-( Mary David |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html I can see a picture. Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning! |
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"Lobster" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: "Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html I can see a picture. Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning! It looks a pretty amazing collapse. There seems to be little rubble, so perhaps the walls were clay lump? That can collapse disastrously like that if water seeps in. Perhaps the thatch had become porous? Peter Scott |
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"Peter Scott" wrote in message ... "Lobster" wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: "Lobster" wrote in message ... Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see the pictures unfortunately...) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html I can see a picture. Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning! It looks a pretty amazing collapse. There seems to be little rubble, so perhaps the walls were clay lump? That can collapse disastrously like that if water seeps in. Perhaps the thatch had become porous? Peter Scott it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but rather poor scan I just did :- http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb) says he only removed some stud walls .... would this have been of "cob" construction ? |
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"brugnospamsia" wrote in message news:n0qQd.15293 it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but rather poor scan I just did :- http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb) Oh! I get "The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer." says he only removed some stud walls .... Only??? would this have been of "cob" construction ? We can't see, can we! Mary |
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"brugnospamsia" wrote
| it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but | rather poor scan I just did :- | http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb) | says he only removed some stud walls .... | would this have been of "cob" construction ? I think those 'stud walls' probably were structural timber post and beam. Owain |
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:08:35 GMT, "brugnospamsia"
wrote: says he only removed some stud walls .... Oh ... only those things that are holding the house up ... thats all right then I suppose there was a tie beam at inconvenient height between the two bedrooms so he got rid of it so the walls fell in If he lived in St Edmundsbury (he doesn't though I expect Didcot rules are similar) then he should have informed the council seven days before starting any structural stuff with the timber frame so the council can send round an inspector if they deem it necessary. Probably he never put in for listed building consent though so he doesn't know this Anna ~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England |""""| ~ Lime plaster repairs / ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc |____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642 |
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