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hoefla in reply to @Hefty

Imagine all the time we could have saved on this thread discussing its construction type if we’d know this.

Not really. 1930s-50s were pretty variable across diff types of construction, brick could be solid or cavity at any point in that time. Tech was changing but not consistently (wars had something to do with that).

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Hefty in reply to @hoefla

Oh. I fear my knowledge is very local to where I live in Cambridge and that’s blinkered me. There’s not a single street/area here built post war that’s solid brick. There is a lot of prefab experimental stuff built in the rush to rebuild and then everything else is cavity. I should get out more.

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hoefla in reply to @Hefty

No actually I think you're right, solid brick post-war is rare, but interwar could be either. From a very small sample size, houses of a similar style and age could be cavity in Cambridge and solid in London. Not sure if that is actually a pattern though.

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