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Technical drawings are produced for a number of different products, and you may encounter technical drawings at a range of stages through any building work you carry out. Generally, technical drawings are created by an architect or structural engineer when planning a conversion or extension. These technical drawings are usually produced for the construction contractor, and will include things like specifications for the types of material used for specific elements of the build as well as the techniques of construction to be carried out. Technical drawings also include measurements for a variety of aspects of the building, like roof heights and floor plans.
Technical drawings may also be created for a number of of the discrete elements that may be bought as part of the project, for example doors and windows. Manufacturers will produce technical drawings for their products to guarantee they can be integrated as easily as possible into building designs. Technical drawings will also typically need to be submitted to local authorities to receive approval that the planned work conforms to building regulations.
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Balham is a district in south London inside the London Borough of Wandsworth. The settlement appears inside the Domesday Book as Belgeham. Bal means ârounded enclosure’ and ham a homestead, village or river enclosure. The area has been settled since Saxon times, and Balham Hill and Balham High Road follow the line of the Roman road Stane Street to Chichester.
Balham encompasses the A24 north of Tooting Bec and the roads coming off it. The southern part of Balham which is near Tooting Bec features a block of 1930s Art Deco flats known as Du Cane Court. There is also the Heaver Estate which can be found in Tooting, which comprises substantial homes. It was constructed inside the grounds of the old Bedford Hill House by local Victorian builder Alfred Heaver.
Balham is positioned amongst 4 south London commons, namely Clapham Common towards the north, Wandsworth Common towards the west, Tooting Graveney Common to the south as well as the connecting Tooting Bec towards the east.
During the Second World War, on 14th October 1940, Balham tube station was badly affected by air raids on London. Men and women sheltered in the tube station through the raids, however a bomb fell in the High Road and through the roof of the Underground station, bursting a water and gas mains and killing around 64 people today. Ian McEwan describes the event in the novel âAtonement’, published in 2001.