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Hi,
We moved into our new house last year and had the kitchen replastered. We also turned the old outhouse into part of the kitchen.
The outhouse is connected to the house; the wall between the kitchen and the outhouse was already knocked down so it was an ideal way to make a bigger kitchen. The outhouse roof is solid re-enforced concrete about 12 inches thick and comes into the house. The outhouse roof supports the bathroom wall above. (7.jpg)
Browning was used on the walls in the outhouse and the ceiling was plasterboarded and skimmed. The existing kitchen was just skimmed.
Over the last 6 months we have noticed hairline cracks appearing all over the kitchen. Especially over windows and were the walls meet the ceiling.
I have uploaded some photos of the cracks (1 to 6.jpg).
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/johnmoore/photos/
At present they seem to be getting worse. We are worried that it may be the early stages of subsidence or that the outhouse roof is strong enough or could it be just vibration or humidity causing the cracks.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
We moved into our new house last year and had the kitchen replastered. We also turned the old outhouse into part of the kitchen.
The outhouse is connected to the house; the wall between the kitchen and the outhouse was already knocked down so it was an ideal way to make a bigger kitchen. The outhouse roof is solid re-enforced concrete about 12 inches thick and comes into the house. The outhouse roof supports the bathroom wall above. (7.jpg)
Browning was used on the walls in the outhouse and the ceiling was plasterboarded and skimmed. The existing kitchen was just skimmed.
Over the last 6 months we have noticed hairline cracks appearing all over the kitchen. Especially over windows and were the walls meet the ceiling.
I have uploaded some photos of the cracks (1 to 6.jpg).
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/johnmoore/photos/
At present they seem to be getting worse. We are worried that it may be the early stages of subsidence or that the outhouse roof is strong enough or could it be just vibration or humidity causing the cracks.
Any advice will be much appreciated.