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How to fix long deep crack in plaster wall that exposes brick/conrete block behind
Back Story: My apartment is on top floor of a building that was built in 1950's, and I discovered several diagonal and some horizontal cracks after I removed the wallpapaer from the old owner.
I was ...
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Foundation repair at garage wall
Above grade section of concrete is damaged where the brickwork of the house meets the garage. The house has a basement though it does not extend beneath the garage. Previous owners appear to have ...
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How to repair a plaster crack over brick that is a hard wall
I am trying to determine what fill to use in a plaster crack. The plaster is directly over brick. This wall is also an outdoor wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What could have caused this big hole in my brick wall?
The house is 2 years old.
What could have caused this big hole? Brick is crumbling and cracking.
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Long Crack in External Wall. What has caused this?
Viewed this victorian, end of terrace house- The only glaring problem is a lengthy crack running down the side. The estate agent has said that the owner had these addressed in a structural survey and ...
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Do these cracks in a brick wall indicate foundation movement?
This is the back wall of my detached single garage. It's just single skin, built in the 60s and as I want to use this building as a workshop, I'm looking to spend a bit of money getting it properly ...
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Best way to fill large (3") vertical crack in solid brick party wall?
I live in an East Coast row-house built in the early 1920s. There is a 3" crack in the solid brick party wall that I need to address (see photos). My neighbor's baby's room is on the other side ...
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Parallel seam between drywall and plastered brick
Most of the interior walling in my house that is under construction is using single skin brick with plaster.
In a few locations we require "cavity" doors and space has been left in the ...
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House with many cracked external wall bricks
I saw a house recently, approx. 20-30 years old in the London area. I cannot say if it has double tied cavity walls or it is the cheaper version which is essentially a wooden house with a single brick ...
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Crack between brick backed plaster and plasterboard backed plaster
I have a room where there is a large crack running from floor to ceiling along one of the walls. To the left of the crack it sounds solid and appears to be plastered onto the side of the chimney, to ...
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Foundation related crack assesment
I'm considering purchasing a home built in 1969 in a region with clay soil, where foundation settling is quite common. Looking at the exterior brick veneer, I noticed numerous cracks on 3 sides of the ...
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What should I do with this crack on an outside brick wall?
I have this long, but thin, crack on my outside brick wall and I was wondering what I could do to repair it myself (if it's even worth repairing). Winter is coming and I'm afraid it will get worse ...
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Repair a crack in a brick windowsill
How do I repair a crack in a brick windowsill? I assume that it needs to be sealed to prevent water from getting in, especially during the winter when it could freeze.
The other side of the window ...
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What would cause the mortar to crack across a number of bricks?
Over the winter a large crack appeared, running across the mortar between a number of external bricks. The crack runs on a diagonal and includes a crack along a windowsill.
It appears that this ...
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Concrete slab at a brick wall
I want to build a concrete slab (upon which a deck will be build later) at the foot of a brick wall (by foot I don't mean the foundation foot, I just mean where the brick meets the grade level). I ...
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What is the best product for repairing expanding gaps in a brick wall?
I am trying to do a structural repair to a brick wall that has some large gaps - 1-3" between some of the bricks due to some foundation movement over the last 300 years. The gaps are essentially ...
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