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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I remember it was touted as providing added insulation, which I guess is true and many liked the aesthetics (I didn't). A problem is that all those joints simply won't remain watertight and moisture gets trapped, leading to frost lifting the tiles loose eventually. This can also cause internal damp.
    A few houses here they like to put smooth render on. It starts peeling, discolouring and cracking off almost straight away. Probably because it's so cold and wet most of the year. Looks terrible.

    They just stripped it off a place down the road and you can see why they put it on to begin with as the bricks underneath are just crumbling away. Whole front will need rebuilding. I bet someone bought it cheap, slapped the render on to pretty it up a bit, and then flipped it.

    Those houses are older than mine though, I think they are from about 1880 and they're worn out. Built with the cheapest bricks and no proper foundations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Chorley FM round your way isn't it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    A few houses here they like to put smooth render on. It starts peeling, discolouring and cracking off almost straight away. Probably because it's so cold and wet most of the year. Looks terrible.

    They just stripped it off a place down the road and you can see why they put it on to begin with as the bricks underneath are just crumbling away. Whole front will need rebuilding. I bet someone bought it cheap, slapped the render on to pretty it up a bit, and then flipped it.

    Those houses are older than mine though, I think they are from about 1880 and they're worn out. Built with the cheapest bricks and no proper foundations.
    Most of the older houses up here use Accrington brick (rock hard, smooth, and tight mortar joints). Probably just for show, they never use them at the back - always cheap crap bricks there.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Most of the older houses up here use Accrington brick (rock hard, smooth, and tight mortar joints). Probably just for show, they never use them at the back - always cheap crap bricks there.
    blackpool tower was built on those nori bricks. real engineering brick a bit like the refractory brick we made. really hard pressed and hot fired. sharp edges too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    blackpool tower was built on those nori bricks. real engineering brick a bit like the refractory brick we made. really hard pressed and hot fired. sharp edges too.
    Shows how long I've been out of the game, I'd forgotten about engineering bricks (and ciment fondu). We used enough of them for carriageway manhole repairs, even for the occasional new chamber. I guess everything now will be strictly concrete or plastic unless it's heritage work like Victorian sewers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    this is a 'nice' one



    not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding
    Was that the Duckworth's house in Corrie? I used to watch it with my mum I remember them getting it, very amusing at the time. Beaten by Reg Holdsworth's leaking water bed above the Kabin shop though.

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    I really miss the old style Coronation street - touches of comedy/farce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    this is a 'nice' one



    not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding
    There should be a law against that sort of thing! Also what gives them the right to paint the down pipe blue? - it's not on their side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    There should be a law against that sort of thing!
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