New homes 'crumbling due to weak mortar'

EachPenny

Bad news for some people, and some won't be allowed to talk about it.

New homes 'crumbling due to weak mortar'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46454844

moneyistooshorttomention

Those poor people....

I hope that, at the least, they don't end up out of pocket financially from this. But what a hassle to be put through - even if they can make sure of that.

Tomg84

Another reason why gagging clauses should be banned.

AdrianC

Not the end of the world. The brick facing is just a facing - it's not structural. All it needs is repointing.

At the absolute outside, even taking the facing down and starting again won't be that massive a job.

csgohan4

AdrianC wrote: »

Not the end of the world. The brick facing is just a facing - it's not structural. All it needs is repointing.

At the absolute outside, even taking the facing down and starting again won't be that massive a job.

Surely it would cause issues with damp?

AdrianC

There's weather protection inside that outer leaf - but, obviously, it can't be left. It needs repointing. It just isn't quite the doom and gloom that they're claiming. It's more than a cosmetic issue, but not much more.

pensionplease

Won't entirely agree with this statement.
What about the breezeblock construction inside?
Has anyone checked the quality of it ?

DaftyDuck

... but wholly indicative of the overall build quality of a fair proportion of newbuilds.

Many reach every regulation required, yet are still poorly - built and unlikely to last long without significant investment. There was a case of a huge estate where many of the roofing files had perished in three years... turned out they'd been as cheaply spec cd as possible, and were a third as tough as their replacements.

Samsung_Note2

Ive spent many years as a Telehandler (Building site Forklift driver) and main part of the job is supplying Brickies with Bricks/blocks and Mortar.

Got to say the way they slap up walls is scary...ive had gangs laying blocks and bricks in sub freezing conditions,the workmanship is horrendous,just a case of slap the bricks/blocks down as fast as possible and move on before work is found to be a poor state.

Never while i have a heart beat will i buy a new house...when you have a Bricklayer stating he is a time served tradesman at 22 years old as he has been to college,makes you wonder are people aware who is building their homes.

ciderboy2009

I remember this happening in Bristol about 10-15 years ago. Can't believe that they've not learnt from their mistakes then!

AdrianC

pensionplease wrote: »

Won't entirely agree with this statement.
What about the breezeblock construction inside?
Has anyone checked the quality of it ?

It's almost certainly a framed construction these days.