crack

I am looking to buy a house but on the rear on there are quite a few cracks / stair step cracks, pictures attached. I want to get a surveyor or structural engineer to check prior to proceeding but which person would be best? Do you think I should avoid the property as it will cost quite a bit...

Hi there, Newish home owner here. Since I moved in 9 months ago I'm hearing the occasional click/tick in the mid morning, a sound which appears to be manifesting itself in cracking plaster (As per photos). This is within a built in cupboard on an upstairs external wall in the middle of the...

What code and size rolls would this gulley need (approx. 350mm wide at base). I'd like to try and price the lead myself. It's been priced to replace, with a new raised section/step in the middle. They reckon it'll be done in a day. Access to the roof is easy, without need for scaffolding or...

I was thinking of just digging out and repointing that top cracked mortar course, in 1m stitch lengths so that it's supported throughout the repair. It's about 4m long. I could put in a few vertical helibars along this upper vertical crack to restrain any future movement, what do you think? Or...

I have a full room height vertical crack in a conc. block inner leaf that I may stitch with helical rods, it has a sand/cement render & skim. What width mesh (expamet) would I put over the crack before new render (and skim)? Presumably this wouldn't need to be stainless mesh as it's not...

re the right hand black line on the wall drawn over the crack with a thick permanent marker; the lintel below that cracked wall is redundant, the opening that required the lintel is now blocked up but still not rendered (image), there doesn't appear to be a corresponding vertical crack in the...

My partner and I have just moved into our new home. We have taken off the old tiles in the bathroom to uncover a crack and would like opinions of how big a problem this is and what people think this is with an idea on what we should do Thanks a lot +++++++++++++++ Moderator's note -...

We have an old fireplace which has been plasterboarded and plastered over. In front of this we have a wood burning stove, with a pipe which goes up to the original chimney in the roof. (outside the wall up until the chimney in the attic). The plaster behind the stove is cracking. From tapping...

Hi, I have seen a few posts about similar online but was hoping hat somwone can settle my nerves as some places say, nothing to worry about. But other places suggest structual issues.. I have just bought a house 6 months ago and have recently taken off ceiling paper and repainted. Now parralel...

Hi, I have removed some bad plaster and found a vertical crack in the brickwork of the first floor party wall. It looks like there is a plank of wood resting on top of the highest cracked brick at ceiling level. Could this be the cause? Why is this here as it looks like it might go into the...

Hi, We had a kitchen extension completed about 12 months ago now. Not long after works were finished cracks started to appear in the plaster. I understand this to be fairly normal as the plastering/works settle. More and more cracks are now starting to appear. I have noticed a new fairly...

Hi. I’ve had a good look through all the posts but can’t find anything that matches my problem. I have a 5m x 2.5m single skin brick detached garage with an apex tiled roof. The garage sits on a concrete block foundation which is at the top of a fairly steep garden and public footpath. One side...

I have looked around the forum but I can't find a similar case to mine. I caused a gate valve to leak in the airing cupboard. A small amount of water leaked before I could get the valve repaired. The water flowed to an old crack in the ceiling where it dripped through the artex causing a...

I am about to buy my first home, it's a 3 bed semi, built in 1937. The house has a couple of cracks that are worrying me because this is all new to me. I only got the valuation survey, and that came back ok. I'm wondering if I should seek a structural engineer to come out and see the house...

Hi Guys, I noticed yesterday that there is a crack in my french door, it looks like it happened when the door has swung open and caught the window sill (see attached pictures). Any idea how best to treat this or any idea on the repair costs, if indeed it can be repaired? Additionally it would...

Hi, I'm looking for advice on repairing the edging mortar on a slate roof. I've attached a couple of photos below to illustrate the problem. It is the edging between the roof slates and a granite gable end wall. The roof is 12 years old. The mortar has cracked along its full length allowing...

hello, I hope you can help advise on what to do about hairline crack we have found. In our ground floor extension where we have our kitchen we noticed a crack (1-2 mm diameter) going through the plasterwork. We found this when removing the wall units and can see it goes up to the coving...

I live in an 1890's end terrace which has a half cellar. The wall which separates the cellar has developed a step crack, spanning about 4ft in height. It follows the mortar, although one brick has split. The joints in the cellar are a little eroded at points, and I think the crack is perhaps...

Hi all, I'm looking at buying a house with a diagonal crack, ~1/4" up the external wall of the passageway between the 2 terraces. The surveyor thought it was historic so shouldn't be an issue for mortgage. But I do want to tidy it up for resaleability, and before that get the leak fixed...