Conservatory subsiding..

[imamartian]

Hi all, i installed a Wickes conservatory about 8 years ago. I put in the foundations and built the dwarf wall, then put up the timber frame etc.

In the last couple of years, the whole thing has moved 5-8mm away from the house. The floor to wall connection is now a gap... and the floor and wall beneath the dpc is 5mm away from where it was..

Bottom line... should i be worried? should i get proffesional help/advice?

It doesn't look like a regular movement and we have had an earthquake last year.... plus my garden is about 4ft above the path next door.... should i worry? my foundations were bigger than recommmended!

Ta.

 

[Nige F]

I wouldn`t worry. are you on Clay.

 

[noseall]

Localised movement is not unusual particularly if it is simply differential movement.

 

[imamartian]

I wouldn`t worry. are you on Clay.

I'm not completely sure... but i seem to remember after i got through the builders' rubble, the soil was a bit claggy.

 

[imamartian]

Localised movement is not unusual particularly if it is simply differential movement.

Thanks noseall. But what does differential movement mean? Is that where the conservatory moves, but the house doesn't?