Cracks in internal walls

tiggerkid

Hi,

We finally moved into a house we recenly bought and I found some cracks on the internal wall inside the understairs cupboard. We did have 2 surveys done before we bought the house and neither spotted them.

I can't tell whether these are serious issues and, naturally, am very worried. If there are any surveyors here or other experts, I'd be grateful if you could advise if these are due to serious structural problems and need to be urgently fixed.

Many thanks in advance.

Pictures can be seen via the link below

http://postimg.org/gallery/47afa3pi/1096a0aa/

G_M

Contact your surveyor and ask.....

maninthestreet

How wide are those cracks at the widest?

tiggerkid

maninthestreet wrote: »

How wide are those cracks at the widest?

1 -1.5mm or so. Many thanks.

vectistim

Obviously we can't really tell from here, from the photographs it looked like they could be massive.

If they're only 1-1.5mm wide could this just be a patch of knackered plasterboard? Is there anything visible on the outside?

tiggerkid

vectistim wrote: »

Obviously we can't really tell from here, from the photographs it looked like they could be massive.

If they're only 1-1.5mm wide could this just be a patch of knackered plasterboard? Is there anything visible on the outside?

Nothing visible from the outside. The wall is brick, no plasteboard on the inside.

Many thanks.

maninthestreet

See how deep a small, thin bladed kitchen knife or pen knife can be pushed into those cracks. What is on the other side of that wall?

tiggerkid

maninthestreet wrote: »

See how deep a small, thin bladed kitchen knife or pen knife can be pushed into those cracks. What is on the other side of that wall?

The cracks appear to be circa 3-4mm deep although I don't know if that's consistent along the entire length of both. On the other side is an external brick wall. Thanks.

DaftyDuck

They look like they were under the wallpaper, so even a decent surveyor might have found it difficult to spot them... They don't sound worryingly wide, or travel too far, from the little we have to go on, but.... who knows?

Understairs is prone to repeated buffeting from the stairs, it often shows shallow surface crackage. But, worth asking for a professional opinion onsite from a builder, even if just to give you some sleep.