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House purchase with crack in brick
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saliarka said: Should i look for structural engineer or do a building survey?Neither will be able to make any invasive investigations, so it is going to be opinions based on visual inspection and local knowledge. At a minimum, you want a detailed building survey, and it would probably recommend a structural engineer's opinion.There is a third option - Look at alternative properties without the extensive cracking.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
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They can do an invasive survey with the owners permission. It's usually difficult to get it.1
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If there is a crack on the inside, corresponding to the outside?
May just be movement, but not subsidence. But very hard to tell from photos. Speak to both a structural engineer, send the photos and see how they could help you ascertain what's happening.
You want as much reassurance as possible, that you are not purchasing a property with subsidence issues. If you can't be reassuringly satisfied with your potential investment, it may be best to move on.
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No cracks inside, the walls been plastered on brick and looks like long time a go so they should be seen.
Had one quote from structural engineer , 750 £ plus vat.
Don't really know is it good price. Will get few more to price it.0 -
It might be worth checking with the neighbours as there is a fair chance that one of them has had the problems looked at.
Have a read of this as well. An Introduction to Calcium Silicate Bricks - Malone Associates Ltd
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They do look like calcium silicate bricks..stuart45 said:It might be worth checking with the neighbours as there is a fair chance that one of them has had the problems looked at.
Have a read of this as well. An Introduction to Calcium Silicate Bricks - Malone Associates Ltd0 -
We paid about that for a structural engineers report last month. It was worth having just for the reassurance.1
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With cracking in cavity walls, you can apply some basic logic to it. With foundation problems the cracks will often be wider at either the top or bottom. Also will appear on interior walls as well. With your own property test holes can be dug.
With shrinkage or expansion cracking such as moisture/thermal the cracks will often be the same gap from top to bottom indicating the wall is being pulled apart. These simple pics will give you some idea.
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