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Some render has been removed. The joint I can see between the block work is 40mm wide. what implications will this have on the building?

As it stands the render company said they can’t render until they know if these cracks are active and the cause. The developer is sending a structural engineer out next week. The longest crack 18 Ft has two other 10 ft horizontal cracks that have been cut out. You can see one in this picture...

Quick update. The developer is saying its just movement cracks without having it inspected. Yesterday the manager from the rendering company called round and explained they would mesh over the cracks before rendering and his expert renderer who was at the initial meeting would do the repairs...

It is covered by LABC. The developer was given 3 months to fix these back in Feb 2018. They were covered in the 2 year period. They hired a dodgy company Nov 2019 who made a pigs ear of the repairs. I complained and that’s where I am as of today. They have not suggested a survey. I did get a...

I`ve not heard back from the developer but the render repair company has said they will mesh the cracks before filling in with render. The image showing the 18 ft crack you can see the 4 ft crack below it. That crack goes all the way up and meets the 18 ft crack so the crack is from top to...

It is the developer who is carrying out the repairs. It has taken 3 years to get to this stage. Their customer services have just been out to see these cracks. Now I`ll wait to see what the higher up in the chain has to say. I bought the house as a new home, I never got a survey as I expected it...

The building is 40 plus foot high. That main crack is 18feet in length coming down the house. They have cut two other channels out from this main crack that I`ve marked in blue. the expansion joint I`ve marked in maroon colour. It goes from the ground to the window. Then a gap and starts again...

The crack looks to mimic the crack in the render. There are more cracks. The 18 ft vertical crack in this picture is the main one with the cracked block work. The top crack in the picture. However, they have cut the render out horizontally from this crack in 2 other places. If it is an...

Hi all I’m having cracks repaired on my render. They have cut the render back to the brickwork and I’ve noticed the crack is all the way through the brickwork. It is 18 foot long vertical which does an L shape in middle. other smaller repairs have cracked brickwork also. is this subsidence...

Thanks for the reply Ken. Is there any fix for this? The developer has said they are going to repair cracks, clean render and then paint it. Not sure if this will prevent the cracking and staining in the near future.

Hi all. After some advice. My render has terrible staining after it rains. It is Green, Black, Red, and rusty colour. Is this due to faulty render? Render not applied correctly? Lead not treated on the ledge? No draining on the ledge? I have looked at other houses all within 100 metres of...