Hi all,
New to the forum but have been lurking for a while and got some good advice off other posts.
I and my OH are looking at buying a house (old Council house) and on the second viewing noticed some horizontal cracking on the ground floor lintels. From what I can tell they are concrete lintels, but a few are showing damage as shown in the attached pictures (shown worst examples).
Others on the street have cracks, with other houses having either new lintels or repairs from what I can tell from the street.
Would appreciate some advice on whether this is this the kind of damage that will require new lintels or can they be repaired? What sort of costs would be involved either way? I appreciated that no one can be too precise but would like an idea to see whether its worth the bother of getting involved.
New to the forum but have been lurking for a while and got some good advice off other posts.
I and my OH are looking at buying a house (old Council house) and on the second viewing noticed some horizontal cracking on the ground floor lintels. From what I can tell they are concrete lintels, but a few are showing damage as shown in the attached pictures (shown worst examples).
Others on the street have cracks, with other houses having either new lintels or repairs from what I can tell from the street.
Would appreciate some advice on whether this is this the kind of damage that will require new lintels or can they be repaired? What sort of costs would be involved either way? I appreciated that no one can be too precise but would like an idea to see whether its worth the bother of getting involved.
