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Dear all, Thanks for this advice. It is just one horizontal crack. Yes, it is possible that the walls are a concrete-like material and shaped to look like blocks. The material is inside and out and party walls (almost impossible to drill into as well) The horizontal crack is about level...

Our house is mid-terrace dating back to 1870. When we bought it the bathroom was downstairs off the kitchen. We have since moved it upstairs to the first floor (using a reputable fitter). My concern is that when preparing the floor the fitters decided the floorboards weren't up to scratch...

My mid-terraced house dates back to 1870 and is built from concrete-like blocks whose face is around 1.5ftx1ft (I am a beginner in this sort of thing); described in our survey when we bought the property as "unusual but sound". We now have a horizontal crack in the render and a small crack...