Hi,
I'm looking to buy a house that has internal cracking. The current owners believed it was subsidence so instructed an engineer (via their insurance company) to look at the property but he believes it is due to roof spread (they weren't insured for the repair of this).
His report says "...the bond between the internal and external wall has remained intact and this has caused stresses to develop in the internal walls leading to fractures at points of relative waekness." and "The dama ge which has occurred is minor at present and it is possible that simple cosmetic repair will suffice. However, if further cracking then occurs it may be necessary to take more effective remedial action. Such remedial works in this case may involve the instalation of additional vertical supports at suitable locations within the roof space, which would not be severely disruptive or prohibitively expensive to carry out."
The report seems to suggest it's not much of a problem but I'm concerned. Anyone got experience or knowledge of this sort of issue that could help me allay my concerns. For instance could this be a DIY repair or would I be better paying someone to repair this, if so what would be the approximate costs of repair?
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking to buy a house that has internal cracking. The current owners believed it was subsidence so instructed an engineer (via their insurance company) to look at the property but he believes it is due to roof spread (they weren't insured for the repair of this).
His report says "...the bond between the internal and external wall has remained intact and this has caused stresses to develop in the internal walls leading to fractures at points of relative waekness." and "The dama ge which has occurred is minor at present and it is possible that simple cosmetic repair will suffice. However, if further cracking then occurs it may be necessary to take more effective remedial action. Such remedial works in this case may involve the instalation of additional vertical supports at suitable locations within the roof space, which would not be severely disruptive or prohibitively expensive to carry out."
The report seems to suggest it's not much of a problem but I'm concerned. Anyone got experience or knowledge of this sort of issue that could help me allay my concerns. For instance could this be a DIY repair or would I be better paying someone to repair this, if so what would be the approximate costs of repair?
Thanks in advance.