§ 75. Mr. Chapmanasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, if he will now state the advice being given to the Birmingham City 111W Council by the Building Research Station regarding the defects in the floating floors on Egghill Estate, Birmingham.
§ Mr. BevinsInvestigations on the spot by the Building Research Station show that the sound insulation of these floors is much better than that of ordinary wood floors and as good as that given by any other floating timber floors available at the time the flats were built. These are necessarily inferior to concrete floors which give better insulation at greater cost. The floors examined at Birmingham were no more springy or uneven than other timber floating floors. Birmingham City Council has been advised of these findings.