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Cause of exterior cracks?

  • 16-11-2024 04:07PM
    #1
    GoingFishing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi

    Attended a house viewing and noticed cracking in the pebble dash external rendering of the house. The house was constructed in 1960s era.

    Could someone identify what the issue might potentially be (in the below photo) and why it was remediated in such a manner?

    Thanks

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  • #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,141 ✭✭✭✭10-10-20


    Probably subsidence. That's called stitching with helical pins and it's done to hold the wall together but doesn't address the underling issue as that would would need to be done at the foundation level. Are there also signs of recent works around the foundations (that concrete path looks fresh to me) and were you offered a cert for the works?



  • #3
    Citroen2cv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭Citroen2cv


    Run.



  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,999 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    That crack is a structural failure and as mentioned above, the stitching is a repair for the crack only but further works would be required to cure the initial defect that caused the crack.

    I wouldn't run away if there is a certified repair dealing with the underlying defect such as Engineers cert relating to underpinning.



  • #5
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭drury..


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122847410#Comment_122847410

    Dunno why bother even with a cert would be my attitude anyhow



  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,999 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    The house could be 100 percent fine if the works are done right. It could be a bargain for all we know.



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  • #7
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭drury..


    True



  • #8
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,942 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Looks like plinth has been replastered and new concrete path, so maybe more works were done to rectify the issue than just stitching (like underpinning)?

    If serious about the house, first ask the estate agent can provide any information (from the vendor) and good idea to have a structural engineer review. As Mickdw suggests, the house could well be absoluetly fine.



  • #9
    drury..
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭drury..


    There'd want to be an angle like a bargain price as said above to be bothering here



  • #10
    GoingFishing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭GoingFishing


    Thanks all for the responses. The stitching, plinth and path works are all concerning. Have queried with the estate agent but I doubt we will proceed unless a satisfactory response is given. Thanks again.



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