Hello everyone
New to the forum, and I'm sure this had probably been asked but couldn't find anything... :s
Anyway.. to the piont. We moved into our house almost 2 years ago now after having a 'home buyers guide' survey. (We had this done due to seeing a couple of cracks or/and brick movement in some outside walls) But it didn't come up with any 'STRUCTURAL' problems and the gas & electrics checked out ok.. so ahead we went and brought the house... a 1952 ex council.
The cracks on a wall between a flat roof domer and external wall. It goes right through!! We racked it out back when we moved in and refilled it (as a BAD job had been done before)...
About a year later it has recracked and I had another surveyor in and he has said these cracks are due to 'roof spread' and you can see the walls bowing.. so we now need to have the roof stablised...
The SE has said we can do it one of two ways... 1) ties at the eaves level or 2) a beam & collars system (so we don't lose storage).
Questions:
1) Anyone had this done? I don't think this is covered by insurance and we have other costly costs to pay (central heating).... *gulps* Does anyone know how much this could cost at all?
2) Do we have a good cause to go back to the surveyor and moan? I think the first surveyor should have picked this up.. Even though the house was decorated both cracks were visable through the wall paper.
Thanks peeps.
New to the forum, and I'm sure this had probably been asked but couldn't find anything... :s
Anyway.. to the piont. We moved into our house almost 2 years ago now after having a 'home buyers guide' survey. (We had this done due to seeing a couple of cracks or/and brick movement in some outside walls) But it didn't come up with any 'STRUCTURAL' problems and the gas & electrics checked out ok.. so ahead we went and brought the house... a 1952 ex council.
The cracks on a wall between a flat roof domer and external wall. It goes right through!! We racked it out back when we moved in and refilled it (as a BAD job had been done before)...
About a year later it has recracked and I had another surveyor in and he has said these cracks are due to 'roof spread' and you can see the walls bowing.. so we now need to have the roof stablised...
The SE has said we can do it one of two ways... 1) ties at the eaves level or 2) a beam & collars system (so we don't lose storage).
Questions:
1) Anyone had this done? I don't think this is covered by insurance and we have other costly costs to pay (central heating).... *gulps* Does anyone know how much this could cost at all?
2) Do we have a good cause to go back to the surveyor and moan? I think the first surveyor should have picked this up.. Even though the house was decorated both cracks were visable through the wall paper.
Thanks peeps.
