Recent content by KenGMac

Hungrybutterfly, good evening. Looks as if the cracking is occurring on a retro-applies skim coat of sand / cement. If you look @ image 2 you will see that the " top surface" of the sill has been allowed to overshoot the vertical part of the sill. Most common reason for such types of failures...

Stevecc, good evening. Suggest you try some forward planning? get a snake camera. bore into the cavity, locate areas of issue, work on them ignore the rest of the wall. Can save some tile and effort. Ken.

Jacob1571, good evening. Not Subsidence. As Harry above, minor plaster cracking, do you know if the walls have been skimmed ? Crack at wall / ceiling very common, was the property empty for some time prior to your purchase? Crack at door?? door slammed / crack happens over time. Ken

Eliseboy, good evening. Can I suggest that in the next bout of heave rain you pop outside and check that the rain water gutter directly above this damp stained area is not leaking? The shape is highly suggestive of a leak in a rain water gutter?? and the resultant splash effect on the wall. Ken.

ozasco, good evening. OK first up, I am unsure of English Regs. Up here as of 4/2/22 it is the law that you must have fitted 1/ Heat detector in the Kitchen. 2/. Smoke detector / alarm in the room you live in most. 3/. Smoke detector / alarm in all hallways [ground / first Etc] These devices...

coombed ceiling ? Ken

AAAaaa Is there a wall plate in place now? Timber packer on top of the wall plate? all treated timber with suitable hold downs in place? Ken

Did you leave a 10.mm gap all around the new Laminate and either the Skirting or wall? Ken

pilsbury, good evening. At one time Slate was a good bet, did not compress or rot High density plastic shims uniform in thickness, various thicknesses And you can nail right through them. Ken.

How about Rees-mog ? A real man of the people

Does not look like "Subsidence"

My property was built in 1842 [as I remember??] There are numerous U/G redundant lines, but what is left [combined] is still [almost] OK Open gullies all over the place

Must admit, I wonder how the L/A can tell if rain water is being fed into a foul sewer [in small volumes] Very obvious when foul discharge into rain water.

obviously not, but can assist in masking a stable wall?? [not the horse type?]

External roughcast could also "mask" some issues? Ken