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Is our house falling down or settling after being knocked about?
我们更新1900年的半排版letely empty for a year. We have had to brace the roof inside the loft (surveyors advice) and have knocked all the plaster off of the walls and ceilings upstairs .. the wall and ceiling timbers have not been taken out but have been added too where necessary. We are slightly worried that the house is moving a bit too much as today we could not close the front door and there are cracks in the plaster left on the outside walls. Have we caused spreading with our roof bracing? Or is the house just adjusting to all the harsh knocking down we are doing?
4 Answers from MyBuilder Restoration & Refurb Specialists
Best Answer
Hi, wow sounds serious if I was you I would get a structural engineer to take a look as soon as possible!, has any load bearing walls been taken out? Roof bracing would only help the structural integrity of the house. With out looking at the house I would say that someone has removed a supporting wall causing stress to crack and move your main structural walls which could be vary expensive to fix?
Get engineer to look as soon as possible. Good luck
Answered 21st Dec 2019
Hi, removing ceiling timbers can cause spreading which will certainly cause the outer walls to crack through stress. The ceiling spars brace the roof apex without these the weight of the roof will put pressure on the wall plate causing spreading. As one of the other builders mentions get a structural engineer out ASAP to make a plan going forward.
Regards, Gareth
Answered 23rd Dec 2019
I would suspect that the two previous answers are correct. If it were subsidence it would have manifested itself long before now unless some excavation has been done near the foundations.
Answered 23rd Dec 2019
Structual engineer survey required
Answered 25th Dec 2019
