The Problem The property is a detached house in Keswick which forms a series of houses whose back gardens abut a beck. The gardens slope steeply down towards the watercourse and during storms in the early winter of 2015/16 saw unprecedented water levels which in turn conveyed a quantity of large rock from further upstream and caused significant damage to the defences along this stretch of river. There was evidence of impact damage, water diversion and erosion as a consequence. Optera were instructed by two of the occupants to investigate the damage to their properties and present the findings to Insurers. We have subsequently been instructed to repair a sixty metre stretch of the beck. The Optera Solution The defences along the entire stretch of the beck vary dependent upon the heigh

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