Hi everyone.
About to paint our bedroom but there are worrying cracks/ holes above the window that I have been avoiding thinking about until now. I was going to fill them with polyfilla but having had a good look at them, they are worse than I originally thought. Any advice would be welcome.
Basically as shown in the pictures, there is a horizontal crack running along the top of the window frame, or more accurately along a wooden panel in place on top of the frame that is not replicated elsewhere in the house. There are a couple of places where the wall has crumbled away and you can see in behind the wall. The hole in the corner is the most worrying as it opens up inside and you can see the roof lining and a wooden beam. I hadn't noticed how deep the hole went until I shone a torch inside today, but these cracks have been here a number of years now, possibly since we moved in 8 years ago and have widened slightly over time. If you push up on the wood, it moves and slightly closes the cracks.
There is also a half cm gap along the bottom of the window frame where it had come away from the sealant, a diagonal hairline crack along the wall in the bottom opposite corner to the hole, about 20cm long and a big vertical hairline crack that extends down to the skirting board . It looks like there has been some settling of the wall but not sure if I should be worried about the bigger hole. It seems whatever job the wooden panel was doing, it isn't doing it very well any more.
[GALLERY=media, 106911]The top of the window and the wooden panel. by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:25 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106912]Hole, angle 1. The roof lining is lit up behind the brick but blurred. by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:27 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106913]Hole angle 2 by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:28 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106914]gap between window and sealant at bottom of window by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:29 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106915]hairline crack bottom corner by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:32 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106917]Hairline crack down to skirting boards by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 5:16 PM[/GALLERY]
About to paint our bedroom but there are worrying cracks/ holes above the window that I have been avoiding thinking about until now. I was going to fill them with polyfilla but having had a good look at them, they are worse than I originally thought. Any advice would be welcome.
Basically as shown in the pictures, there is a horizontal crack running along the top of the window frame, or more accurately along a wooden panel in place on top of the frame that is not replicated elsewhere in the house. There are a couple of places where the wall has crumbled away and you can see in behind the wall. The hole in the corner is the most worrying as it opens up inside and you can see the roof lining and a wooden beam. I hadn't noticed how deep the hole went until I shone a torch inside today, but these cracks have been here a number of years now, possibly since we moved in 8 years ago and have widened slightly over time. If you push up on the wood, it moves and slightly closes the cracks.
There is also a half cm gap along the bottom of the window frame where it had come away from the sealant, a diagonal hairline crack along the wall in the bottom opposite corner to the hole, about 20cm long and a big vertical hairline crack that extends down to the skirting board . It looks like there has been some settling of the wall but not sure if I should be worried about the bigger hole. It seems whatever job the wooden panel was doing, it isn't doing it very well any more.
[GALLERY=media, 106911]The top of the window and the wooden panel. by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:25 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106912]Hole, angle 1. The roof lining is lit up behind the brick but blurred. by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:27 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106913]Hole angle 2 by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:28 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106914]gap between window and sealant at bottom of window by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:29 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106915]hairline crack bottom corner by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 3:32 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 106917]Hairline crack down to skirting boards by Robotnic posted 16 Aug 2021 at 5:16 PM[/GALLERY]
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