Hi guys,
I'm currently doing up a house owned by a family member. In the sitting room there has been a crack down the wall for a long time where an extension was put on 20 years or so ago. This has kind of been ignored for a long time partly because it has been mostly hidden behind wallpaper. I removed the wallpaper to paint the wall and found the crack looked worse then I expected.
There were a few spots of the crack that had loosened the plaster and it was only hung on by scrim tape. I removed one of these sections and realised the crack goes all the way through the wall and you can see daylight through it in some parts.
I wasn't planning on doing any major work on the house at the moment because I am looking to get a mortgage to purchase it first. Does anyone know if it's alright to just fill the crack with cement or expanding foam for the mean time and have it sorted properly later or what do people suggest? The house was built in the 1950's and this is a solid outside wall at the side of the house.
Thanks,
Bryan
I'm currently doing up a house owned by a family member. In the sitting room there has been a crack down the wall for a long time where an extension was put on 20 years or so ago. This has kind of been ignored for a long time partly because it has been mostly hidden behind wallpaper. I removed the wallpaper to paint the wall and found the crack looked worse then I expected.
There were a few spots of the crack that had loosened the plaster and it was only hung on by scrim tape. I removed one of these sections and realised the crack goes all the way through the wall and you can see daylight through it in some parts.
I wasn't planning on doing any major work on the house at the moment because I am looking to get a mortgage to purchase it first. Does anyone know if it's alright to just fill the crack with cement or expanding foam for the mean time and have it sorted properly later or what do people suggest? The house was built in the 1950's and this is a solid outside wall at the side of the house.
Thanks,
Bryan