Boot house
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Boot houses were houses built in the United Kingdom after World War I to accommodate the housing boom following the war.[1] They were named after Henry Boot, whose construction company produced an estimated 50,000 houses between the end of World War I and the start of World War II.[2] Due to a shortage of bricks, boot houses were built using precast reinforced clinker-concrete columns.[3] Structural tests in the 1980s revealed significant deterioration in the concrete as a result of carbonatation. The Housing Act of 1985 provided government grants for homeowners of such 'defective' houses.[4]
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- ^ Beckett, Derrick; Paul Hugh Marsh (1974). Timber. Surrey University Press. pp. 156. ISBN 0903384027, 9780903384025. http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=T_gDAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Boot+house%22+post-war&q=boot&pgis=1#search_anchor.
- ^ Wellings, Fred (2006). British Housebuilders: History and Analysis. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 43. ISBN 1405149183, 9781405149181. http://books.google.com/books?id=2t1SMok2938C&pg=PA43&vq=%22boot&dq=%22Boot+house%22+prefab&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0.
- ^ Baggott, Rob (1995). Pressure Groups Today. Manchester University Press ND. pp. 202–204. ISBN 0719035791, 9780719035791. http://books.google.com/books?id=1zG8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA202&dq=%22Boot+house%22+concrete.
- ^ Parnham, Phil; Chris Rispin (2001). Residential Property Appraisal. Taylor & Francis. pp. 300–302. ISBN 0419225706, 9780419225706. 3d edition illustrated. http://books.google.com/books?id=B99Uoz3VVKAC&pg=RA1-PA300&lpg=RA1-PA302&vq=boot+house&dq=%22Boot+house%22+concrete&lr=.
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