Signs of subsidence?

aj9648

Hi

I had someone come round to have a look at some work I wanted doing. Although not related to what he was quoting for he look out of the upstairs window and noticed the pointing on the outside brickwork had gone. His first question was has the house moved - I nearly fainted and was shocked that I had not spotted this.

I had a look round the other parts of the house and could not see anything else. The back of the house is cladded and can't spot anything there

Pic is at this link - https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/882553756554055680

It's not the greatest picture but you can see three bricks that are of concern

Should I be worried? Calling my insurer?

Any ideas? I'm quite worried sick at the moment!!

Doozergirl

Could you go outside and take a picture of the house, please? It's so isolated that we can't even see where it's coming from or going to.

teneighty

Or at least open the window and lean out with the camera.

It does look like the perp joints have opened up quite significantly but we need some context.

aj9648

Does this help?

https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/882564269589528578

You will have to zoom in

aj9648

Or this

https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/882565138355761153

cam12

Its very hard to tell from those photos

Aylesbury_Duck

Doozergirl wrote: »

Could you go outside and take a picture of the house, please? It's so isolated that we can't even see where it's coming from or going to.

I think Doozergirl meant the whole house so it's possible to see the context of what you've photographed up close.

aj9648

Any better?

https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/882570092147552256

Doozergirl

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I think Doozergirl meant the whole house so it's possible to see the context of what you've photographed up close.

That's exactly what I meant, thanks!

Has the house been repointed? It looks like there are two different areas of pointing on that wall.

Aylesbury_Duck

aj9648 wrote: »

Any better?

https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/882570092147552256

Sorry, but :rotfl:

What next, a microscope image of a brick particle?!

You need to "zoom out", not in! We need to be able to see the location and size of the crack in relation to the house. Is it at a point where there's a conservatory for example? Is it part of an extension? That sort of thing.

teneighty

That looks like some fairly serious movement but it cannot be restricted to the top few courses of brickwork.

Is there any cracking anywhere else, behind the rainwater downpipe perhaps or anything internally? Some of the bricks lower down near the roof (porch?) seem to be a different colour...have there been previous repairs?

Is the part where the window is an extension? The mortar seems to be a different colour.