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Advice needed - crack in internal brick wall
We're replastering our lounge and having removed the old cracked &
blown plaster, we've found a fair sided crack running diagonally in the interior brick wall between the lounge and the old kitchen. The crack starts at the top corner where the wall joins the inner skin of the exterior wall and extends downward at approx 45 degrees then meanders a bit. There are no major visible cracks on the outer skin of the exterior wall, although one or two bricks have cracks through them but not in any sort of 'connected' way. The exterior extension walls (see below) have no visible cracks at all. The house was built in the 1930's and the lounge has an extension, put in about 15 years ago by the previous owners, with the opening going through the exterior wall - RSJ put in above the window and the wall below the window removed. There is approx 70cm between the inner wall/outer wall corner and the opening. We've got a builder coming round this afternoon to have a look at the crack, but I'm pretty worried about this and I'm hoping that someone can provide some reassuring words of wisdom & tell me it's common and not going to cost a fortune to put right. Perry |
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