From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Bad Concrete - Scotland Requiring Large-Scale Home Tear-Downs
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:50:14 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 17:43:49 -0700, % wrote:
> Dhu on Gate wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 20:06:20 -0000 (UTC), P. Coonan wrote:
>>
>>> On 04 Jul 2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> posted some
>>> news:7PCdnU50K-o7B_X1nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@giganews.com:
>>>
>>>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14876751/The-terrifying-hidden
>>>> -flaw-render-home-worthless.html
>>>>
>>>> All are said to contain RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated
>>>> concrete) â a cheap form of concrete widely used between
>>>> the 1950s and 1980s and now known to carry the risk of collapse.
>>>>
>>>> In Aberdeen, the RAAC houses are confined to one area. In
>>>> Dundee, five residential pockets have been identified.
>>>> There are more RAAC homes in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire,
>>>> and others in Angus. Itâs in Edinburgh, West Lothian and
>>>> North and South Lanarkshire.
>>>>
>>>> Quite how widespread it is in homes built on the cheap by
>>>> local authorities across Scotland remains to be seen,
>>>> although it is now estimated there are at least 5,500.
>>>>
>>>> What have already been seen, however, are the devastating
>>>> consequences of the RAAC issue on those living in affected
>>>> properties â along with brazen attempts by local and
>>>> national government to duck responsibility.
>>>>
>>>> . . .
>>>>
>>>> RAAC - often known as "foam-crete" - originally had
>>>> promise. It requires less cement (expensive) and is
>>>> light.
>>>>
>>>> Problem is that any kind of concrete is stiff and
>>>> brittle. Over time, the little bubble walls in
>>>> the RAAC start to crack. This dangerously reduces
>>>> the structural strength.
>>>>
>>>> If used for interior partition walls, no problem -
>>>> but if it's literally holding up the building or used
>>>> for upper-story floors, then there's a BIG problem.
>>>>
>>>> As said, this was used for commercial and govt housing
>>>> projects for 30 years. Slap 'em up quick and cheap,
>>>> kind of the mindset with those US coastal condos.
>>>>
>>>> Now the bill has come due ... but govt is sticking
>>>> that bill right on to the home owners lapels. "WE
>>>> did it wrong, so YOU pay !".
>>>>
>>>> Thing is, with current prices, most CANNOT pay.
>>>>
>>>> Govt will rebuild - then give 'em to 'immigrants'
>>>> for free .....
>>>
>>> Immigration has ruined the UK. It's unrecognizable from a few decades ago
>>> and a festering sewer now. Compare it to San Francisco or Seattle.
>>
>> Place started goin' t'shite with the Romans. Then there's those Germs
>> without the decency to stay the f* home: they's called Sassenach for
>> reason of bein' Saxons. As for Scottish, well they's W-ish alright:
>> I got this here Bridge to sell yous to the Pacific. It's in a place
>> called Darien: palm trees and coconuts to fill yer boots with ;-)
>>
>> Dhu
>>
>> --
>> Je suis Canadien:
>> Ce n'est pas Francais ou Anglais,
>> C'est une esp`ece de sauvage.
>> Ne obliviscaris: vix ea nostra voco!
>>
>> *A mari ad mari ad mari*
>>
>> Duncan Patton a Campbell
>>
> north canada , no one wants to come here
Of old none ever came to Canada who had somewheres else to go.
Just the way it was ;-)
Dhu
--
Je suis Canadien:
Ce n'est pas Francais ou Anglais,
C'est une esp`ece de sauvage.
Ne obliviscaris: vix ea nostra voco!
*A mari ad mari ad mari*
Duncan Patton a Campbell