November 11, 20232 yr Hi my neighbours builder has knocked down one wall of their brick and concrete slab outhouse and retired for the weekend. This can't be safe can it?
November 11, 20232 yr The roof is holding the walls up and vice versa. Maybe don't let the grandchildren play in there though.
November 11, 20232 yr Safe as houses, reinforced slab roof, 9 inch thick walls, it’s not going anywhere.
November 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said: Safe as houses, reinforced slab roof, 9 inch thick walls, it’s not going anywhere. The safer way to demo it would have been to remove the roof first, then push the walls inwards. Leaving a RC slab up in the air was not wise, as it's old and cracked it may behave unpredictably.
November 11, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, George said: The safer way to demo it would have been to remove the roof first, then push the walls inwards. Leaving a RC slab up in the air was not wise, as it's old and cracked it may behave unpredictably. Indeed. Odd way they’ve gone about it!! Wont budge though, but should have been cordoned off not left open to access by the clients Steptoe & Sons building Co. at best.
November 11, 20232 yr Author 5 hours ago, George said: The safer way to demo it would have been to remove the roof first, then push the walls inwards. Leaving a RC slab up in the air was not wise, as it's old and cracked it may behave unpredictably. The houses here are 1930s built but is that outhouse younger? It's pretty heavy duty for a space the size of an outside loo.
November 11, 20232 yr Author 4 hours ago, nod said: I definitely wouldn’t go for a s##t in there 😁 Not tonight anyway.
November 12, 20232 yr Maybe they aren’t demolishing it? Maybe they are converting it into something? Or extending it?
November 12, 20232 yr On the date, the concrete looks like nobbly that was aiui most commonly done in the 50s/60s. But white bricks would perhaps be unusual then, so I'd punt for late 60s early 70s.
November 12, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, Ferdinand said: so I'd punt for late 60s early 70s. Good times. Just found a pile of pictures from then.
November 12, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, Adsibob said: Maybe they aren’t demolishing it? Maybe they are converting it into something? Or extending it? Nope its coming down and being replaced by "a new outhouse". Those walls are really thick. Looks like a nuclear bomb shelter.
November 12, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, Ferdinand said: On the date, the concrete looks like nobbly that was aiui most commonly done in the 50s/60s. But white bricks would perhaps be unusual then, so I'd punt for late 60s early 70s. It looks tremendously strong. You could just about stand up in it. I wonder what it was built for? Is it a diy bomb shelter?
November 12, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, DaveAF said: It looks tremendously strong. You could just about stand up in it. I wonder what it was built for? Is it a diy bomb shelter? I'd say storage shed, coal house, or loo for short people. But I have seen air raid shelters from the 1940s in approx that pattern. If I recall correctly a bomb shelter is the one type of permanent outbuilding you can still create where you can spend the night without Planning Permission. Under 30 sqm and no Building Regs either.
November 12, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, SteamyTea said: Good times. Just found a pile of pictures from then. Is that a lido with the sort of diving boards we don't build any more?
November 12, 20232 yr 35 minutes ago, Ferdinand said: Is that a lido with the sort of diving boards we don't build any more? Oh yes, Ramsgate. If you look in the background of the other picture, you will see the oil storage units. I find the colour of the sky interesting. One is in Kent, the other the West Indies, both overcast days.
November 12, 20232 yr I would be more worried about your clothes line pulling the cladding off than taking photos of your neighbours garden…..
November 12, 20232 yr Author 20 minutes ago, TonyT said: I would be more worried about your clothes line pulling the cladding off than taking photos of your neighbours garden….. Fair enough but if you had seen the series of total balls ups these cowboys have inflicted on this building project and you lived beside it you'd want to keep an eye on every move they make.
November 12, 20232 yr Actually I wouldn’t, why would I want to get worked up about other people builders.
November 13, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, DaveAF said: Fair enough but if you had seen the series of total balls ups these cowboys have inflicted on this building project and you lived beside it you'd want to keep an eye on every move they make. Why? Frankly unless children were at danger next door it’s only their business unless it was likely to fall on your fence or property 🤷♂️
November 13, 20232 yr That looks very difficult to safely demolish without a large excavator. It looks like a coal shed, but a bit too clean inside. Send pics of the progress.
November 13, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, Canski said: Set your video camera up and wait. Exactly what I was thinking. Surely they've just made removing the roof even harder.
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