A BUILDING COMPANY HAS TAKEN CANTERBURY CITY COUNC

A BUILDING COMPANY HAS TAKEN CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL TO THE
HIGH COURT DEMANDING OVER #27,000 FOR UNPAID WORK.

BUT THE COUNCIL IS COUNTER-CLAIMING THAT THE WORK WAS SO
POORLY DONE THEY HAD TO EMPLOY ANOTHER COMPANY TO RE-DO IT.

THE HIGH COURT DISPUTE IS OVER THE INSTALLATION OF CHIMNEY
FLUE LINERS IN 172 COUNCIL HOUSES.

DENNE BUILDERS LIMITED OF SCHOOL LANE, WINGHAM, CANTERBURY,
WHICH HAD DONE PREVIOUS WORK ON THE HOUSES, CONTRACTED THE JOB TO
ANOTHER CANTERBURY COMPANY, KEMEL PROJECTS LIMITED.

THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ION NOVEMBER 1980.

BY JANUARY 1981 THE COUNCIL ARCHITECTS WERE RECEIVING
COMPLAINTS.

MR.

FELIX CRANBROOK, REPRESENTING THE COUNCIL, SAID :’THE
BOTTOMS OF MANY OF THE FLUES DISINTEGRATED AND IN ONE CASE COMPLETELY
CRUMPLED’.

HE SAID THE FLUES HADN’T BEEN SWEPT BEFORE THE LINERS WERE
INSTALLED.

THE HEARING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS.

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