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    Diagonal cracks ceiling and walls - 100 year old property, advice?

    Yeah Helibar sounds right on the north wall, 1m+ long and embedded behind pointing. This was installed many years ago apparently and the builders weren't too concerned about it. On the south wall there were the long vertical cracks and there they recommended wall ties, they were much more...
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    Diagonal cracks ceiling and walls - 100 year old property, advice?

    Thanks for your opinion @KenGMac This is in London so clay subsoil. We've been given a lot sweet words from vendors but are having some suspicions about their trustworthyness. The builders who came by pointed out some horizontal structures placed in between the brickwork (I forget the term they...
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    Diagonal cracks ceiling and walls - 100 year old property, advice?

    No cracks externally near these cracks, but one side wall has evidence of bracing support and the other side wall has some vertical long cracks and signs of some buckling?
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    Diagonal cracks ceiling and walls - 100 year old property, advice?

    Hello. We are purchasing an Edwardian flat in a share of freehold situation. The other flat (1st) has some long cracks that span the entire doorframe - diagonal across ceiling - corner of door in one area and long dispersed cracks on the ceiling in others. The co-freeholders appear to think it's...
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