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Hi,
I've just viewed a house which I'm considering buying. The house is two storey, brick / block external skin and load bearing internal timber frame. The house was built approx. 1990 and then extended approx. 2005.
At the extension to original house joint, there appears to be a movement joint in the brickwork in the first storey. The second storey has been roughcast, and there is a crack running right up the wall at the joint.
Should this have had a movement joint included in the rough cast too? Is it a 'big problem' that the rough cast has cracked, or is this just a cosmetic problem which can be 'fixed' by re-roughcasting and including a movement joint then? Should I be worried about potential cracks in the wall behind the roughcast?
I've just viewed a house which I'm considering buying. The house is two storey, brick / block external skin and load bearing internal timber frame. The house was built approx. 1990 and then extended approx. 2005.
At the extension to original house joint, there appears to be a movement joint in the brickwork in the first storey. The second storey has been roughcast, and there is a crack running right up the wall at the joint.
Should this have had a movement joint included in the rough cast too? Is it a 'big problem' that the rough cast has cracked, or is this just a cosmetic problem which can be 'fixed' by re-roughcasting and including a movement joint then? Should I be worried about potential cracks in the wall behind the roughcast?