Homebox can overlap content below when content changes height

thought this might be use for others....on a project where quicktabs in homebox widgets are being used and boxes overlap content below when a quicktab loads (via ajax call for example) and pushes the homebox down.

what this jquery snippet does is run the homebox.equalizecolumnsheights function after a delay of 200ms when someone clicks on a tab.

$(document).ready(function(){
	  $(".quicktabs-tabs a").click(function(){
	  	setTimeout(function(){ Drupal.homebox.equalizeColumnsHeights(); }, 200);	     
	  });
	});

tried in vain to sort the behaviour out using css to no avail. thought this might be of use to others.