Hi
i've Read quite a few helpful posts on here before, so thought i would sign up and see if anyone can give me some advice with this:
We are in the process of doing up a 1960's bungalow we bought last year. I've just got stuck into redoing the living room which has a big window/sliding door in it, the whole frame is just over 4.5m wide. having pulled off the very dated pelmet box, iv'e found some large cracks on one side . the crack in the plaster is about 5mm, but if i slide something into the gap, and move it around i would guess the gap between the end of the lintel and the next breeze block is about 20-30mm from feel. If I look into the crack I can clearly see into the fascia on the outside. (see pic – gap is big enough even the camera on my phone can focus on it!)
Do I need to worry about this and get a professional in, or should I just take the plaster off, put some mesh over it and re-plaster safe in the knowledge it's probably been like it for 60 years.
I would guess the current aluminium glazing has been there since the late 80's, so it may become more of a problem when we can afford to replace it?
Hopefully the attached pics make it a bit more clear?
i've Read quite a few helpful posts on here before, so thought i would sign up and see if anyone can give me some advice with this:
We are in the process of doing up a 1960's bungalow we bought last year. I've just got stuck into redoing the living room which has a big window/sliding door in it, the whole frame is just over 4.5m wide. having pulled off the very dated pelmet box, iv'e found some large cracks on one side . the crack in the plaster is about 5mm, but if i slide something into the gap, and move it around i would guess the gap between the end of the lintel and the next breeze block is about 20-30mm from feel. If I look into the crack I can clearly see into the fascia on the outside. (see pic – gap is big enough even the camera on my phone can focus on it!)
Do I need to worry about this and get a professional in, or should I just take the plaster off, put some mesh over it and re-plaster safe in the knowledge it's probably been like it for 60 years.
I would guess the current aluminium glazing has been there since the late 80's, so it may become more of a problem when we can afford to replace it?
Hopefully the attached pics make it a bit more clear?