Settlement cracks or more serious.

HashSlinging

Hi there,

Would someone please give these pics a look and tell me if these are settlement cracks or something more serious.

Also what would I need to do to repair, house is 12 months old.

Thanks,

muffler

Difficult to say but you may have a slight bit of settlement or it may be poor plastering around the wallplate/ceiling joint.

Is the house still under warranty?

sinnerboy

looks like more cracking than one would expect . are these at roof level ? - looks like unwanted movement there . you need a structural engineer to inspect

HashSlinging

Theres water coming from one of these cracks now. VBAD!

biere_dor

It's difficult to tell from these photo's but one its looks like very bad plastering, am I right in saying that just the joints are taped and filled. Two it could be structural, the joint with the wall and ceiling look very bad. Where is the water coming from, is there an onsuite/boiler/water cistern etc above it. Bad dampness can cause this type of damage

gsxr1

Looks to me like damp timber used in the first fix . As it drys out it pulls out from masonry. And cracks plaster on its way. I have seen so many first fix chippys on price , steel nail a stud to a block wall with only 2 nails as opposed to a nail in ever block. Same with joists. Hard to tell from pic. But I have dealt with this a few times and it seem to be the case. Looks like some type of boxing or soffit.

fillers and paint will make it disappear hopefully. Most builders will not fix settling cracks

HashSlinging

The water was another issue related to a two year old overflowing a sink..

Back to the cracks would you say chipping out the flaky plaster and redoing myself then painting should do the trick.

sinnerboy

no . see post 3