Recent content by iv211

Thanks, this is really good advice.

Thanks, that sounds like a good course of action. Can you advise how to bets get a match on existing mortar?

Seemingly not according to my photos....

Just checked, and pictures from 3.5 years ago, with old windows in situ, show the same horizontal crack along the top.

Yes, I am aware, but I read that most of English estates are built on clay. No obvious signs of subsidence amongst the neighbours as far as I can tell.

Thanks for that. If the lintel was disturbed, what would be the next sensible course of action? We are not planning to move for a few years, so my thinking here is to prevent it from getting worse, rather than potential survey implications.

Hello, We had all wooden windows replaced over the past 6 years (oldest to most recent). We obviously had some extreme weather recently and it is only this year that we have noticed some cracks around windows in our house. The house was built 1996 on clay soil and is a cavity wall with brick...