Born and raised in a pity pre fab, no double glazing, no central heating, no insulation, frost on the inside of the windows and getting dressed in bed because it was so cold, 8 of us in a three bedroom house,
Im currently renting one of these and have been for 3 years. My neighbour has just recently put their house up for sale and I've just learned that our houses are these prefabs! Ours don't have the cladding on any more, they've been rebricked. Not really had much problem with it to be honest!
These seem more like kit houses than actual prefabs; bolting all of that concrete and steel together was probably as much work as nailing a standard wood frame house together. And that seems like a lot of structure, though I can't tell if the concrete "studs" are on 12" or 16" centers. I like the way the windows have a pattern that fits right over the studs; you probably couldn't do that with garden variety wood framing. But the concrete siding up against the studs with no drainage plane seems like an invitation for rot and/or corrosion. I've heard that most of Britain's experiments in "prefabrication" ending up costing more than conventionally built houses, and that seems likely here, though it was probably the limited volume of each type that added the most to the cost. We had some similar programs in the USA, though it was private companies that ended up making various degrees of prefabrication pay for itself.
It was post war, prefabricated elsewhere and delivered to sites all over the country. Essentially flat pack houses that were cheap because they were mass built. They should have lasted 10-25 year depending where you read. However were classed as unsafe in the 1985 housing act. This was due to the concrete used around the metal supports causing corrosion to the metal and therefore being unsafe.
I find the matter extremely Interesting. Nevertheless, there is a detail that looks peculiar to me in this movie, at least without the context: the captions in French. I will be grateful if somebody can shed any light about that. Maybe there was a French patent involved in the technical procedures or was this system intended to be used in France too during those postwar years? Probably is nothing like this... but it would be great to really know
No. They're 40 years past their expected design life span. They unmortagable, and as theyre on the defective homes list virtually uninsurable. Their strength depends on the posts and beam foundations. The beams are spalling and the posts suffer from " concrete cancer" theyre splitting apart just where they need to be strongest .. At the corner posts .
Those houses were built in 1947 They were supposed to be pulled down in 1963. They were just Put up because they were the shortage of housing. They were just temporary. Housing
@@Deltic55-mw4bo I noticed that too... as I thought it was odd. My grandmother lived in an Airey house for over 45 years from new. She always believed that they were temporary... everybody did !
Born and raised in a pity pre fab, no double glazing, no central heating, no insulation, frost on the inside of the windows and getting dressed in bed because it was so cold, 8 of us in a three bedroom house,
Thank you so much for uploading this! I live in one of these houses and it's absolutely fascinating to see how they were built.
Me too. I'd love to know where exactly in Yorkshire this was filmed.
I live in one of these type of houses too 👍
Me too! I live in Norfolk.
Im currently renting one of these and have been for 3 years. My neighbour has just recently put their house up for sale and I've just learned that our houses are these prefabs! Ours don't have the cladding on any more, they've been rebricked. Not really had much problem with it to be honest!
These seem more like kit houses than actual prefabs; bolting all of that concrete and steel together was probably as much work as nailing a standard wood frame house together. And that seems like a lot of structure, though I can't tell if the concrete "studs" are on 12" or 16" centers. I like the way the windows have a pattern that fits right over the studs; you probably couldn't do that with garden variety wood framing. But the concrete siding up against the studs with no drainage plane seems like an invitation for rot and/or corrosion. I've heard that most of Britain's experiments in "prefabrication" ending up costing more than conventionally built houses, and that seems likely here, though it was probably the limited volume of each type that added the most to the cost. We had some similar programs in the USA, though it was private companies that ended up making various degrees of prefabrication pay for itself.
Were these houses quicker and cheaper to build?
It was post war, prefabricated elsewhere and delivered to sites all over the country. Essentially flat pack houses that were cheap because they were mass built. They should have lasted 10-25 year depending where you read. However were classed as unsafe in the 1985 housing act. This was due to the concrete used around the metal supports causing corrosion to the metal and therefore being unsafe.
MrCarlSteveo thanks
I find the matter extremely Interesting. Nevertheless, there is a detail that looks peculiar to me in this movie, at least without the context: the captions in French. I will be grateful if somebody can shed any light about that. Maybe there was a French patent involved in the technical procedures or was this system intended to be used in France too during those postwar years? Probably is nothing like this... but it would be great to really know
Are these homes any good as I'm looking at one to buy
No
No. They're 40 years past their expected design life span.
They unmortagable, and as theyre on the defective homes list virtually uninsurable.
Their strength depends on the posts and beam foundations.
The beams are spalling and the posts suffer from " concrete cancer" theyre splitting apart just where they need to be strongest ..
At the corner posts
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Those houses were built in 1947 They were supposed to be pulled down in 1963. They were just Put up because they were the shortage of housing. They were just temporary.
Housing
At the start of the film it said 'permanent prefabricated houses'
@@Deltic55-mw4bo I noticed that too... as I thought it was odd. My grandmother lived in an Airey house for over 45 years from new. She always believed that they were temporary... everybody did !