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It’s not really dependent on when it was built, rather who built it.
Having said that.... the longer ago it was built then the less likely it'll have survived if it was poorly constructed.
In general, all the Victorian (or older) building that are still in use are usually the good quality ones.
Most of the shite ones didn't last the pace and will have been demolished.
My parents house is maybe 30s, bricks are made of compressed coal dust we think. You can push a biro through them! Mainly held together by the pebble dash as far as I can tell...
Ours is a Victorian Terrace, built to last with most original features intact bar the odd floor board which had rot.....
bricks are made of compressed coal dust we think
So, cinder blocks... Coal ash was everywhere, and used as a cheap, weak aggregate back in the day.
Pulverised fuel ash main ingredient if your house is built with thermalite probably half of England from '70s onwards , like grey aero bar . Maybe not so many now coal fired power stations have been retired
Well this thread prompted me to google “painting over lining paper”. And guess what, it’s all good so I might paint Juniors Bedroom this weekend.