rendering a airey house

[BRUWEB]

Has anyone ever rendered a airey house if so did it come out ok ?

 

[bathjobby]

I thought these were made of pre cast concrete blocks with a pebble dash on the outer surface. Are we talking about the same thing ? If so, why do you want to render on that ?

 

[BRUWEB]

My airey house is constructed of precast concrete slabs stacked horizontaley so there is a kind of step effect i wanted to make the wall smoth so i could pebal dash the bottom half and smooth painted finish top half if that makes any sence .

 

[edbtee]

Why do you want to render it, we have one and are debating bricking it up to increase value and morgagability. How much do you know about the construction of Airey houses and the reason for them being on the 'defective dwelling' list, we have found getting info difficult but have got some from the council at last

 

[conplus]

i work on the Airey house all the time if you need to know anything then let me know

 

[edbtee]

i work on the Airey house all the time if you need to know anything then let me know

we have an Airey which we purchased years ago and the council gave a notice that it was defective but the problem had been overcome by works that they did. we now realise that the work they did did not make it a non defective property and are trying to decided what to do with it and how much investment we should make in it. It was ring beamed years ago by the council as the concrete column bottoms were cracking. am i right in thinking that this might just delay the problems in the concrete columns but not fix it. we have also noticed cracking in one of the window mullions. any info would be great as if we decided to brick this house up it will cost thousands of pounds

 

[Paulboy]

you would be advised not to waste money on these houses unless you are bricking them up

 

[conplus]

if you want a mortgage on this house then the coloumns need to be removed and then bricked up, this needs to be done under a licence eg Adam s Consulting engineers from mold

 

[Nige F]

Seriously........IF you and any neighbours can get together and sell a block of these houses for re-development.........as Brownfield .....then GO for it There is an obvious trend here in Sussex at least ....1Bungalow down 2pairs of semis up........another 1 rotten bungalow and a nonedescript detached down 2 pair of (nice) semi`s up..honestly guys, it`s THE way forward.....the gardens on the new replacements are non-existant but they`re up +sold

 

[edbtee]

I have found finding info on airey houses hard. I would like to say i've found a new forum just set up it's well worth a visit hope this helps. www.aireyhouse.your-talk.com

 

[ladyindistress]

i work on the Airey house all the time if you need to know anything then let me know

I have recently bought my airey construction house.It was repaired/modernised around 10yr ago.They replaced the concrete columns with a steel frame.This is apparently structually sound for at least the next 30 yr.However, very recently cracks have started to appear in the plaster boards,seemingly at the joins(im guessing)I have 2 cracks from wall to wall on the ceiling,in a straight line.A few around door caseings,and on walls again, all straight lines.I also have about 5 around the windows (on the wall)at the bottom corners.These seem to have appeared during the cold weather,although I did have 1 around 2 yr ago.

Can anybody help?are these cracks anything to worry about?

 

[ladyindistress]

hi I just wondered if you have actually got around to bricking up your house?Im in the same position and considering my options.

 

[Richard C]

hi I just wondered if you have actually got around to bricking up your house?Im in the same position and considering my options.

Distressed lady; sorry I can't help with your problem but can I point out your actually posting on a thread from 2006 & on which the last post was nearly a year ago ! I know it can be difficult spotting the dates if you’re new to the forum but if you start a new thread of your own you will probably have a better response.

 

[ladyindistress]

hi I just wondered if you have actually got around to bricking up your house?Im in the same position and considering my options.

Distressed lady; sorry I can't help with your problem but can I point out your actually posting on a thread from 2006 & on which the last post was nearly a year ago ! I know it can be difficult spotting the dates if you’re new to the forum but if you start a new thread of your own you will probably have a better response.

oops...thanks for that.I will do

 

[jimbobmills]

You had best look at this. probably the best way to repair an airey. It's also easier to remortgage at a normal and sensible rate. prefabs... shudder.

airey houses
http://landmarkprc.co.uk/index.php/airey-PRC-house.html