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  • thearchitect
    thearchitect Posts: 304 Forumite
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    OP, has the structural engineer revisited site or just the builder? Also, which of the home nations are you in as the Building Regards and procedures vary?
    Health Warning: I am happy to occasionally comment on building matters on the forum. However it is simply not possible to give comprehensive professional technical advice on an internet forum. Any comments made are therefore only of a general nature to point you in what is hopefully the right direction.
  • thearchitect
    thearchitect Posts: 304 Forumite
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    Bump for OP to respond (hopefully).
    Health Warning: I am happy to occasionally comment on building matters on the forum. However it is simply not possible to give comprehensive professional technical advice on an internet forum. Any comments made are therefore only of a general nature to point you in what is hopefully the right direction.
  • Kev100
    Kev100 Posts: 13 Forumite
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    Hi, structural engineer was meant to come on Friday but cancelled! Waiting for him to rearrange.
  • Kev100
    Kev100 Posts: 13 Forumite
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    Still waiting structural engineer report. Builder came back said cracks are just normal settlement and everyone would expect to have to redecorate within a year of getting work done?? He had all the calculations for building regs but as he was going to go over budget he didn’t bother submitting them and neglected to tell us at the time. He said we’d have no problem getting retrospective consent apart from the fact it’ll cost us 3 times the amount it would have!
  • Kev100
    Kev100 Posts: 13 Forumite
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    Finally received a structural engineer report which says no subsidence but could be our property needs new cavity wall ties.

    Would posters recommend we try and get retrospective consent from the council I’ve got all the architect drawings and calculations for the knocking down of load bearing wall and the two steel beams fitted.
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