Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets

On 17/06/2024 22:41, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:
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The house design he describes is relatively modern transition probably
around the 1930's. Pre 1910 and solid wall is much more likely.

 I don't know how common this was, but a house I lived in, which was
built in 1901, had cavity walls.  All the terraces of houses in that
area, which were built between 1895 and 1905, had cavity walls, even
though they were built down to a price for sale to ordinary working
families.

That is early for cavity walls. It is possible that in cities the larger builders doing big projects used it sooner than those out in the sticks.
Stuff built as late as 1910 in my vicinity of North Yorks (and by a respected landowner and ironmaster) are all solid wall construction in best quality Edwardian high fired brick. It was and still is a model Edwardian village - architects still come here to study.
Mostly Grade II listed buildings too so any improvements have to be done very very carefully to preserve the external appearance.
The really expensive landed gentry properties here are in grit stone or sandstone (which is slightly porous so not an ideal building material).
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Martin Brown