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Exterior house wall-to-path cracks

  • 23-04-2010 7:57am
    #1
    agentsmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭


    Can you please advise what might be the best method to repair attached cracks. The house is 7 yrs old and already repaired back in 2004 by builder but as can see not much good. I dont think they have gotten bigger and probably some foundation settiling rather than render cracks issue. I guess I need cut out a bit above and below crack and fill with some flexible sealant/filler. Advice and materials and best method welcome.


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  • #2
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    agentsmith wrote: »
    Can you please advise what might be the best method to repair attached cracks. The house is 7 yrs old and already repaired back in 2004 by builder but as can see not much good. I dont think they have gotten bigger and probably some foundation settiling rather than render cracks issue. I guess I need cut out a bit above and below crack and fill with some flexible sealant/filler. Advice and materials and best method welcome.

    It seems to me that what is occurring is a settling of the path substructure and that the house (and it's foundations) are staying where they are. The path is going south and the house is staying where it is - in other words. Which is good news..

    I'd imagine there's a point at which things will stop moving - which might be now. In which case the best (and cheapest) repair is to simply rake out the crack into a vee shape and fill it with new mortar (assuming the render around the crack is well attached to the wall (tapping around the area with the handle of a screwdriver should give a solid sound - not a hollow one. If there's loose render then knock the loose bits off until you're back to solidly fixed render)

    If the settling isn't complete then nothing is going to keep a crack from re-appearing.


  • #3
    C Eng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭C Eng


    In the third picture it looks like the wall is beginning to move also. For peace of mind I think you should get a Structural Engineer to take a look. At least if any further remedial action is required then you would have a report to present to Builder/Homebond. (Homebond is only a 10 year guarantee)

    Are there any other houses in the estate with similar problems?


  • #4
    natasha91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭natasha91


    hello, just wondering have ye resoved this problem and how because ive the very similar situation?


  • #5
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    I think its just a plaster crack, nothing serious at all.


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