Brick crack

Slinky

tony3619 said:

Slinky said:

tony3619 said:

Slinky said:

tony3619 said:

Hello, 

I noticed this crack on the outside of the house directing under the a double window. It measures about 1.5 -2 mm. I've been keeping an eye on it for about 4 months and I don't think it's got any bigger? Does this look like thermal cracking? 

Does that crack continue around the RH of the brick below it and then run down between the next pair of bricks down? There's something hairline visible on row 3

It stops half way round the bottom side of the brick. It doesn't connect to the crack running between the two bricks (yet atleast) 

We had something similar below a ground floor window of our 17 year old house, except the crack continued through one brick. Surveyor reckoned it was settlement, the floor in the adjoining room also had a bit of a dip in it. Several years later when we had an extension built we swapped the cracked brick out, and had a screed to level the floor. 14 years later when we sold there had been no recurrance of the cracking, and the floor seemed level. We were on a heavy clay soil.

How many courses of bricks did yours continue down? What action did the surveyor originally recommend?

It was literally one cracked brick. Surveyor said it was probably historic settlement, can't remember what his recommendation was specifically (this was 1994), but I think he said to replace the brick and monitor. It never got any worse. We finally replaced it in 2004 when we had an extension built and knocked down the garage, and had a matching brick to use.

tony3619

Slinky said:

tony3619 said:

Slinky said:

tony3619 said:

Slinky said:

tony3619 said:

Hello, 

I noticed this crack on the outside of the house directing under the a double window. It measures about 1.5 -2 mm. I've been keeping an eye on it for about 4 months and I don't think it's got any bigger? Does this look like thermal cracking? 

Does that crack continue around the RH of the brick below it and then run down between the next pair of bricks down? There's something hairline visible on row 3

It stops half way round the bottom side of the brick. It doesn't connect to the crack running between the two bricks (yet atleast) 

We had something similar below a ground floor window of our 17 year old house, except the crack continued through one brick. Surveyor reckoned it was settlement, the floor in the adjoining room also had a bit of a dip in it. Several years later when we had an extension built we swapped the cracked brick out, and had a screed to level the floor. 14 years later when we sold there had been no recurrance of the cracking, and the floor seemed level. We were on a heavy clay soil.

How many courses of bricks did yours continue down? What action did the surveyor originally recommend?

It was literally one cracked brick. Surveyor said it was probably historic settlement, can't remember what his recommendation was specifically (this was 1994), but I think he said to replace the brick and monitor. It never got any worse. We finally replaced it in 2004 when we had an extension built and knocked down the garage, and had a matching brick to use.

Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll keep an eye on it for a while and see what happens. Atleast I have new build structual warranty lol