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    How do I bring this alarm system back

    When I bought my house three years ago it came with a ADT alarm which seems to be a rebranded Honeywell Galaxy 2-20 C020. We've had a burgerly up the street so I'm now motivated to bring it back to life (at the moment it just makes a chime when the front door is opened - surprisingly useful!)...
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    Cracking stitching in thermalite blocks

    Yeah fair point. Not sure about the stepped cracks at the end tho? Shouldn't I be doing more than just filling those? I guess for the long crack in the middle just filling it with a flexible filler (fibrecryte) is the right move.
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    Cracking stitching in thermalite blocks

    Thank you for the replies. I guess my main problem is that i wasn't the one who did the insurance claim, so i'm going off second hand information (I do have the certificate of structural integrity etc tho) - I don't know for sure that the insurance people looked in the garage as the main issues...
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    Cracking stitching in thermalite blocks

    Forgot to say, i'm intending to repoint afterwards and then paint the walls - in case that matters. Not planning to sell any time soon but I guess in 10 years we might, so want a neat job that won't send surveyors twitching!
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    Cracking stitching in thermalite blocks

    The house I bought last winter has some cracks in it as a result of various trees (these were removed following an insurance claim by the previous owner in 2018). There are some cracks in the attached garage which appear to be stable (i've been monitoring them) but weren't fixed decoratively in...
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