Hi,
Got an outside brick shed, not attached to house. It's about 5m by 3m square, built with single brick course and has flat roof which seems to be made of metal beams running from one 3m wall to the other, rendered on underside, concrete on top. It's divided as per the layout picture below. Outer stone chipping covered render is in terrible condition, blown, cracked and falling off in places. Worse after the ice last winter. Also render has been patched by someone before we bought the house (3 years ago) all along about the middle of the front wall (wall nearest this text in my picture) so I want to knock back and render again, but this needs sorting first. Oh, and roof is leaking along front and is my first job.
Where I've noted on image, and in the subsequent pictures you'll see that there is a long crack where the bricks have pulled away from each other. Shed is built on a concrete slab and this seems intact. To me, it looks like the front wall is pulling away around the middle and it's pulled part of the wall joined to it away, while the other part has stayed put and cracked at the meeting line.
Anyone know if this is likely what's happening, what might have caused it, and what repair strategy is best for someone cash-strapped but not too bad at basic building jobs?
Thanks (pics follow)
Got an outside brick shed, not attached to house. It's about 5m by 3m square, built with single brick course and has flat roof which seems to be made of metal beams running from one 3m wall to the other, rendered on underside, concrete on top. It's divided as per the layout picture below. Outer stone chipping covered render is in terrible condition, blown, cracked and falling off in places. Worse after the ice last winter. Also render has been patched by someone before we bought the house (3 years ago) all along about the middle of the front wall (wall nearest this text in my picture) so I want to knock back and render again, but this needs sorting first. Oh, and roof is leaking along front and is my first job.
Where I've noted on image, and in the subsequent pictures you'll see that there is a long crack where the bricks have pulled away from each other. Shed is built on a concrete slab and this seems intact. To me, it looks like the front wall is pulling away around the middle and it's pulled part of the wall joined to it away, while the other part has stayed put and cracked at the meeting line.
Anyone know if this is likely what's happening, what might have caused it, and what repair strategy is best for someone cash-strapped but not too bad at basic building jobs?
Thanks (pics follow)