Cracks starting to show.

Saverule

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post, unfortunately it's not to provide advice, rather to receive it. I'm hoping I've come to the right place.

So here goes: We've been looking at renovating our property, starting with our bathroom. Beside our bathroom is a built in half-cupboard that opens up to a full cupboard inside. We were hoping to knock through this and use the space.
Well today, I decided to climb in and have a look. I now wish I didn't... There's 3 'significant' cracks.

Going left to right:
To my left: Bathroom interior wall, no damage
Directly in front: Party wall, crack with £1.50 stuck in it
To my right: Exterior wall, horizontal crack
Behind me: Half-door opening, very small hairline cracks in plaster. Steaming from horizontal crack.

Would anyone like to hazard a guess on the severity? And/Or offer advice on the next step?

Any advice, no matter how small would be extremely appreciated!

Doozergirl

Pictures?

When was the cupboard last decorated etc?

Is it plastered?

Gloomendoom

Is the £1.50 a stack of pennies?

Saverule

Sorry, cause I'm a new member I cant post links... Very frustrating!

I wanted to see how deep/thick the severe crack is. I was able to stick a £1 coin and 50p piece in there.

Saverule

Yes, all walls are plastered. When I say cupboard imagine a 1M X 1M room, it just has a small half-door that I can climb under and stand up fully, once inside the 'room'. I'm 5ft 8" and fit easily. The ceiling would be a roof slant.

The most concerning crack is the party wall, looks like the plaster has come off and I can see what looks like breeze block? But not 100%. I will repost a thread with pictures, when I'm no longer a newbie!

maninthestreet

Steam coming out of a crack?

Saverule

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SalsaDanca

I can't offer any advice, but I've made the links clickable for you.

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Saverule

Thank you, SalsaDanca!


And steaming, should be replaced with Stemming *duh moment*

WestonDave

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Doesn't look that concerning to me - looks pretty old so I'd be inclined to fill the gaps and smooth it over - if it recurs and gets worse worry but otherwise carry on.

Doozergirl

Just looks like old, blown plaster to me. Knock it. It is hollow?

Was the breeze block cracked?