Would you be concerned about this crack and white stain on brick?

[matthewjamesruddock@]

What is this on this house. Its about 20 years old and by a main 30mph road.

I noticed hairlines going down the brickwork at front of the house through the mortar and brick ( see pic) but the corner of the roof on the back wall where the decorative roof end thing is has a crack in the mortar and a white mark on the bricks nearby. Is this a cause for concern of likely settlement over the years and nothing structural. The thing at the end of the roof wont just fall away one day will it.

Thanks.

 

[tony1851]

The white stuff on the corbel is efflorescence ie salt coming out of the brickwork. Not usually an issue, though can sometimes be due to water penetration.
The crack is not subsidence but most likely thermal expansion of the wall.

 

[matthewjamesruddock@]

Is the crack running from the gutters down the coral mortar line a cause for concern would you say or likely thermal too?

 

[noseall]

Is the crack running from the gutters down the coral mortar line a cause for concern would you say or likely thermal too?

Yes.

 

[matthewjamesruddock@]

Thanks. If thermal thats helps the worry

Just concerned with buses and the odd HGV going past theyll eventually get worse. Could it just be repointed and the bricks filled?