Fount Cracks in Walls and Solid Floor

joebloggs09

Hi All

Moved into a new house when decorating fount some cracks upstairs walls in the corners of the walls down to the bonding plaster what I can see the , the cracks are not massive but its a worry, also fount cracks in the solid floor downstairs around quite a few of the doorways.

We had a full building survey on the house done by a RICS surveyor, I had him back to look at this and he claim it was not structural just cosmetic, find this hard to believe.

Not sure what to do next either get a structural engineer , good builder or another survey done.

poppysarah

What can you get in the cracks?

nothing?
a piece of paper ?
a scrunched up ball of paper?

fraser

are they present on the outside wall as well?

joebloggs09

a piece of paper in the cracks of the wall corner ones

joebloggs09

fraser wrote: »

are they present on the outside wall as well?

no only on the inside

wessexw

I'm not an expert on this at all but my sister moved in to a new build house and they spent the first year or two taking care of cracks that randomly appeared all over the place as the new house settled, they stopped appearing as time went on. Of course the cracks you are seeing may not be these kinds of cracks, but it's something to keep in mind.

joebloggs09

wessexw wrote: »

I'm not an expert on this at all but my sister moved in to a new build house and they spent the first year or two taking care of cracks that randomly appeared all over the place as the new house settled, they stopped appearing as time went on. Of course the cracks you are seeing may not be these kinds of cracks, but it's something to keep in mind.

Yes the surveyor also made this point thank you

poppysarah

We have some very fine cracks where someone slammed the door one day. (Wasn't me!)
They'll disappear under the next layer of paint we give it...

What are the floor cracks like? Could you lose a small child down them?

Blackpool_Saver

poppysarah wrote: »

We have some very fine cracks where someone slammed the door one day. (Wasn't me!)
They'll disappear under the next layer of paint we give it...

What are the floor cracks like? Could you lose a small child down them?

lol, great visual :rotfl:

joebloggs09

poppysarah wrote: »

We have some very fine cracks where someone slammed the door one day. (Wasn't me!)
They'll disappear under the next layer of paint we give it...

What are the floor cracks like? Could you lose a small child down them?

Hi

Not massive but not great the floor cracks belly up if you get my meaning , the surveyor stated he thought there would be two layers of concrete , a 3inch layer of concrete then the top one that would be 6" thick that has cracked.

Ladybird20

Well its either that the plaster is drying out and thats why you are geting cracks which is normal..OR.....its something quite serious like mine was......:eek::eek:..which was i noticed cracks appearing downstairs in the corner were the living room dinning room ,kitchen hallway meets ...On getting the NHBC out , it became apparant that no foundations had been put under a load bearing wall:eek:.....that was 2yrs ago,,it has since been repaired with 11 pile foundations as part of the repair, i did also employ my own structural engineer to over see the repair which was probably the best money i had spent in a while..2yrs on not even a hair line crack has surfaced...good luck with your property.....If unsure and you think builder is fobbing you off, get an structural engineer in like i did,worth there weight in gold.......;)