Non-standard construction
A Woolaway bungalow is named and the eaves have kicked on one side. What of the PRC frame was not opened to explain that kick?
The PRC frame was not opened at all to explain the kicked eaves. The survey has named a Woolaway bungalow and has seen the eaves kick on one side. A kick can sit with roof spread or with movement in the precast frame, but this visit did not open the frame to show which, or to show whether either is happening. The name identifies the system. The kick identifies a distortion at the eaves. Neither is an opened column, a post, or a joint. The explanation the opening would have given is still missing.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
Woolaway bungalows are a precast concrete type, and the eaves are where the roof meets that frame. If the roof pushes outward, or the frame moves, the eaves line can kick. Those are possible mechanisms, not findings this survey made by opening the concrete. The surveyor can record the distortion from ground level and from any accessible eaves. Recording a shape is not the same as seeing the post or the connection that might explain it.
Tell the solicitor the bungalow is named Woolaway and the eaves kick is unexplained by any opening up. A specialist can advise what would need to be exposed before anyone states a cause. Do not let a roofer's guess about spread, or a concrete firm's guess about the posts, be written back into this report. The survey has not chosen a mechanism, and it has not specified a repair from the kicked line alone.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- On which side have the eaves kicked, and how did you see that distortion?
- Did you open any PRC post, joint or connection to explain it?
- Have you left the cause of the kick undecided?
What are the typical next steps?
- Read the kicked eaves as a distortion, not as an opened frame.
- Do not adopt a cause the survey has not exposed.
- Ask a specialist what opening up would be needed before a cause is stated.
Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.
Also asked about this
If only one side has kicked, has the frame on that side been opened?
No. One kicked side shows where the eaves line is out. It does not mean the PRC frame on that side was opened, and the survey has not said it was. The posts and joints that might explain the kick stayed covered. A one-sided distortion is still an unopened frame.
Does the Woolaway name itself explain the kick?
No. The name says what system the bungalow is thought to be. It does not explain why the eaves have kicked on one side. The PRC frame was not opened. The name and the distortion are both recorded, and neither is the missing look inside the frame.