Report BR 113 Steel framed and steel clad houses: inspection and assessment

Publication Year

1987

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Addressed to local authority and private sector surveyors, Describes in general terms the methods of inspection and assessment of the steel content of steel framed and steel clad houses (and cast iron houses) required to produce a 'structural survey'. The report, based largely on recent BRE survey work, identifies locations where steel is vulnerable to corrosion, and gives outline advice on the likely integrity and future durability of protection systems which might be encountered, and the rate at which unprotected steel might corrode in the future. The report concludes that most corrosion encountered so far in the inspections has been of a superficial nature. However, there are a few dwellings where corrosion in particular parts of the construction is more advanced. Corroded rolled steel, where it occurs, is relatively easy to cut away and replace with standard sections. The majority of steel houses are expected to give good performance into the foreseeable future, and should have a life on a par with rehabilitated dwellings in conventional construction.

Document History

Included in BRE Report 469 - Non traditional houses.

Author

Harrison, H. W.

ISBN

9780851252568

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