Lowton-Cubit Steel Framed House

Lowton-Cubitt

• Also known as: Cubitt, LC, LC System and Modulow. 
• Manufacturer: Cubitts Construction Systems Ltd and Lowton-Cubitt Housing Ltd. 
• Period Built: 1964 – 1970s.
• Number Built: 3700.
• Designer: Lowton Construction Group.

Lowton-Cubitt Identification Characteristics:

• 2-storey terraced houses.
• Brick panels at separating wall.
• Gable wall of brick throughout, or mathematical tiles to eaves level, and vertical timber boarding at apex.
• Brick or mathematical tiles returned around front and rear walls.
• Some dwellings have integral garages and utility rooms on ground floor giving appearance of 3-storey house

Medium pitch gable roof covered with interlocking concrete tiles.
External walls of tile hanging, PVC shiplap boarding, or render.

Notes for Surveyors:

• Minor to moderate corrosion of RSC frame and RS hollow box stanchions, particularly at external wall bases located below DPC.
• Damaged, loose or missing holding down bolts.
• Vertical and horizontal cracking of gas concrete panels, particularly in separating wall.
• Rain penetration at infill panel-brick joints.
• (The system was also used for flats)

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