POST-WAR HOMES
SIR,—In her letter published in The Spectator of January 16th, Mr. Evelyn Munro refers to the lack of precautions taken by Bring] architects against creezing pipes I have always understood that the Sanitary Authorities in this country have a law making it compulso for certain pipes to be put outside the house, which pipes freeze regularly every year, causing untold inconvenience, worry and often misery.
If there is such a regulation, cannot some M.P. or other influential person make it their business to work to have it revoked, seeing that Holland, Switzerland and other countries, which annually freeze up. al danger is caused -to the public health by the proper covering up ci pipes? And if there is no such law, cannot it be made compulsory for al houses to be built with the pipes properly arranged? Foreigners Mini English architecture on this point is perfectly crazy, and well they may when they see the discomfort and expense caused by the inevir. able freezing and bursting every year. In the cold snap last wins one read of ceilings coming down and houses full of furniture 1361 ruined. Personally, I was told I was 57th on the plumber's list 31) had to spend weeks with the water turned off at the main. At one t we had forty people in the house and not a plug would pull! 11 year we face an even grimmer prospect, with nearly all the plumbc away on war service I would suggest that Dr. Edith Summerskill would be a
person to lead a campaign against this domestic nightmare (though there might be powerful opposition by the Plumbers' Union).—Yours
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