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This guide explains in easy terms why properties founded on clay soils suffer from cracking and provides practical, step-by-step advice and guidance to the home owner on what action, if any, should be taken when confronted by subsidence. It answers key questions, such as why properties founded on clay soils suffer subsidence and heave damage how cracks caused by foundation movements can be distinguished from damage due to other causes how to reduce the risk of damage or prevent existing damage from worsening what investigation is needed and how its is decided whether or not underpin.Product Identifiers
PublisherICE Publishing
ISBN-139780727719966
eBay Product ID (ePID)90567289
Product Key Features
Number of Pages114 Pages
Publication NameHas Your House Got Cracks?: a Guide to Subsidence and Heave of Buildings on Clay
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMechanics
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMechanical Engineering
AuthorT.J. Freeman, G. S. Littlejohn, R.M.C. Driscoll
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Width145 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorT.J. Freeman, G. S. Littlejohn, R.M.C. Driscoll