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Hi Tony This is a load bearing wall above where the steel went in below. It is the beginning of the bedroom wall and leads into chimney breast. The plasterer also uncovered chimney breast and revealed very poor brickwork here and the lintel is removed. See pics

Hi all We’ve now had the plaster ripped off so can see what happened behind. Big crack in actual brickwork. Waiting for structural engineer to come back to us but in the meantime any ideas of remedial work to make right? Thanks again everyone this has been really helpful

Yes appreciate this, do you think if we strip the plaster fully back from the wall this will help us identify the cause? Thanks

Hi all Structural engineer coming Tuesday. Does anyone have any idea on how to repair this? This wall supports the loft bedroom above so would appreciate any advice on remedial work to make it safe, especially if the brick work has dropped... at the moment less interested in liability and...

Hi everyone thanks so much for the replies really helpful. The wall above the steel is rubbish to be honest, the property is a Victorian semi built in 1910 and as we had architraves replaced above the steel we saw the wall above back to brick (attached images) here you can see lack or mortar and...

Hi Thanks for the reply. Structural calculations were provided and building control have come to check the steel and said it looked ok however they did not look upstairs at all. I’m trying to get the structural engineer back out who initially scoped for the calculations however he’s being...

hi We had 3 steel beams inserted (about 5m long) across the middle of the house on the ground floor as we had two chimney breasts knocked out yet they remained on the first floor in the bedrooms so required extra support. We’d be mad to not expect any cracking however, the cracks are larger...