Recent content by Mark R

There is some internal cracking, mainly by the corner of the sliding door but also along the top of the wall, near the ceiling.

Hi Ken. The repointing isn’t really repointing. When we had the survey done (we moved in three years ago), the surveyor highlighted the cracks but said they were small but to get the cracks filled to monitor movement. I did it with a very fine amount of mortar which was being used elsewhere...

We’ve discovered a large crack in the join of brick extension to our house. We had already noticed some cracking along the mortar lines of the bricks near where the extension was toothed-in to the house but they are quite small and appear to have been there for some time. The large crack near...

Good to know. The pipe leads to a branch channel in a manhole which is just over a foot away from the pipe. This has an outlet to a 3m pipe leading to another inspection chamber where it leads to a drain going down the side of the house to the main sewer in the street. The manhole is pretty much...

Thanks Hugh. The pipe enters the house and immediately bends up towards the first floor so I don’t think it’s embedded in the concrete ground floor. It’s located inside a right-angled plasterboard box (I don’t know how you would call it).

The house was built in 1979 and has a concrete floor. There are a lot of trees surrounding the rear of those house and there has been some movement but nothing serious.

Hi all. I’m in the process of clearing my old patio and under a slab and builders sand I found the soil pipe from our bathrooms. After cleaning the soil away I found that it is cracked. It’s in a very awkward spot as it’s comes out of the house at 45 degrees and to replace would mean removing...

Ok. I may remove the wall and replace it or at least build a retaining wall behind the current one with aerated blocks. Ideally I’d like to go with the first option as there are steps that’s are made with the same current bricks. If I remove the wall, I’ll have to remove the steps and that is...

Thanks. I’m going to dig a bit deeper over the weekend. I expect there to be footings, albeit compacted builders sand, as a planter in the garden I demolished made with the same bricks has this.