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Subsidence
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Is the same crack present on the outside of the house?
If you are looking at subsidence it would normally show on the exterior wall too.0 -
Any trees whose roots will be at/under the house - about as far out as the branch canopy?0
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Has the neighbour done anything that might have cause it?0
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They have not had any building works done.Loved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!0
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Hi. I have a similar, but smaller looking crack in the hall of my 110 year old tenement flat. There is a similar fine crack on the otherside of the wall i.e in the close/stairwell. I can see no cracks involving the external sandstone. My neighbour had a leak from a mains pipe, (we are both ground floor), several months ago which has now been repaired. If this is subsidence, do you think the leak could be responsible?
Worried about what this could mean for insurance, mortgage and re-sale. Would be interested to know how you get on northwest1965!0 -
We had the assesor out to us on Friday. Basically he said it is the way the houses are built and its the weight. To repair the crack we'd have to go back to the brick and re plaster. He's sending us a report so at least if anything happens in the future we have this as backupLoved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!0
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I know I'm a bit late since you've had the assessor out but we had the same problem when we first moved in here.
We ripped some cupboards out in the bedroom to find a huge crack where the adjoining walls meet,it was about an inch wide and very deep and as you can imagine we thought the worst.
Our home is 140 years old too so that was'nt very comforting.
As it happens though we were told the same as you and we have had it filled and replastered and it's never moved since.
That was 4 years ago so hopefully you should'nt have any further problems either.
Best of luck.0
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