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crack in boundry wall

  • 01-02-2013 6:48pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Looking for some advice-there is a sizeable crack in my neighbours boundry wall-should I get in contact with the city council and report this.Would this be a health and safety issue?

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you


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  • Subscribers Posts: 42,312 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    niallo76 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Looking for some advice-there is a sizeable crack in my neighbours boundry wall-should I get in contact with the city council and report this.Would this be a health and safety issue?

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you

    is it a shared boundary wall?

    If you have Concerns you should most definitely voice then to your local authority and / or hsa


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭niallo76


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    is it a shared boundary wall?

    If you have Concerns you should most definitely voice then to your local authority and / or hsa

    it is the wall dividing our property in the back of the house,the actual crack is around 4ft downwards.

    Thanks so much for the advice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭olcod


    If I was your neighbor I'd like to be informed of your plans to call the council, just courtesy like, they may not appreciate a council official knocking at the door saying " your neighbor has complained to us about a crack in your wall". Be worth talking to your neighbor first.


  • Subscribers Posts: 42,312 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    niallo76 wrote: »

    it is the wall dividing our property in the back of the house,the actual crack is around 4ft downwards.

    Thanks so much for the advice

    So just to be clear, its not 'your neighbors' wall but actual both your wall. In Irish law boundary walls are (in most cases) under shared ownership.

    This is something to be aware of


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭niallo76


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    So just to be clear, its not 'your neighbors' wall but actual both your wall. In Irish law boundary walls are (in most cases) under shared ownership.

    This is something to be aware of

    Thank you for the advice


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 188 ✭✭A fella called fish


    Just out of interest:

    How high is the wall?
    Is there a difference in ground level either side of the wall?
    Is it a horizontal or vertical crack?
    Are there any piers in the wall?
    How thick is the wall?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭niallo76


    Just out of interest:

    How high is the wall?
    Is there a difference in ground level either side of the wall?
    Is it a horizontal or vertical crack?
    Are there any piers in the wall?
    How thick is the wall?

    The wall is 8ft high,(neighbours added an extra block before we moved into house)
    There is a difference of between 2-3 ft in difference(the neighbours being the higher)
    The crack is vertical-running around 6ft.
    Piers around 3 ft away from crack
    One breezeblock thick(apart from pier)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    The local authority will not intervene if the properties are privately owned.


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