MUNDIC TESTING
The testing was comprised of two parts,
PART ONE, The initial
test.
The initial test being able to determine
if the concrete was
Sound (Class A) or
Unsound (Class C)
PART TWO, Further Tests.
Undetermined results needed a further
test to establish that the concrete was
acceptable class A/B
or
unacceptable (Class B)
The latter class is that which has caused
so much contention as the current opinion is "Sound but containing
too much deleterious material to be regarded as secure for the term
of the mortgage".
EXTENDED TESTING REGIME
Unfortunately the scope of the testing
regime has now been extended to include all properties having a concrete
content in their construction (have they run out of the mine waste victims?).
Worse still,
a property in Torpoint (far from Mines) mainly built of stone but having
a "small section to the top of the South Eastern gable which is
of 9 inch concrete block" was singled out for this expensive test
which proved to be a waste of time and money but very lucrative
to the testing team.
This raises the question whether greed is entering the
equation.
Obviously if a property is to be subjected to a test
even though built mainly of acceptable materials it bodes ill indeed
for the future of Cornwall,s Housing Market.
After all the purpose of the regime is to
find out if a property is sound for mortgage purposes not to line the
pockets of surveyors and testers unnecessarily, or
is it?
