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English[en]
Oh, and one last thing... If you were to discover old mines in the vicinity of your intended abode, this could well open an additional can of worms. In the past (particularly between 1900 and 1960), house builders in Cornwall sometimes used mundic bricks. Now, you might well be asking what on Earth are mundic bricks when they’re at home. Essentially, mundic is a kind of concrete mixed using waste products from the mines. Over time, the chemicals in this waste can degrade the concrete from this inside and cause it to crumble. Funnily enough, mortgage companies are often keen to know the properties they’re financing don’t contain mundic bricks. Though Cornish mining searches won’t tell you whether or not mundic bricks were used in the construction of the property, the closer it is to a mine, the more likely this might be. In these situations, it may be necessary to commission a further survey. If you’re confused about copper and China clay, terrified about tin or musing on mundic, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re always on hand to guide you through the process of carrying out specialist searches and interpreting the results. We might even refrain from referencing Poldark, if you’re lucky.
Cornish[kw]
Oh, hag unn tra diwettha... Mar kwrussewgh diskudha balyow koth yn ogas hag agas trigva ervirys, hemm a alsa dalleth kudynnow moy. Yn termyn usi passyes (dres oll ynter 1900 ha 1960), drehevoryon chiow yn Kernow a usyas poder treweythyow. Ytho, martesen yth esowgh ow kovyn pyth yw poder. Yn essensek, poder yw eghen a kestevyn kemyskys gans skoll dhyworth an balyow. Dres an osow, an kymygennow yn an skoll ma a yll brewi an kestevyn dhyworth a-ji hag y hwra brewi. Yn gwiryoneth, da yw gans kowethyansow marwostel godhvos nyns eus poder y’n kerthow ymons ow arghasa. Kyn na wra hwithransow balweyth Kernewek leverel orthowgh mar kwrella usyas poder yn drehevyans an kerth po na wrella, an moy yn-nes a val usi, an moy gwirhaval y fo. Yn statys ma, y fydh martesen res apoyntya arhwithrans moy. Mars esowgh penndegys a-dro kober ha Pri gwynn, ownek a-dro sten po ow prederi a-dro poder, na wrewgh gortos dhe gestava orthyn. Pub termyn parys on ni dh’gas gidya dres an argergh dhe wul hwithransow arbenigel ha styrya an sewyansow. Martesen ni a wra hedhi dhe gewsel a-dro dhe Poldark mars yw agas bys gwynn.