The chance of the crack in your wall being caused by subsidence and requiring underpinning and/or rebuild is very slim.
Cracks in walls are the result of some kind of movement causes stress that the bricks cannot sustain. Movement can be caused by a variation in moisture, either in the wall itself or in the ground that supports it, temperature variations, chemical reactions or by replacing load bearing, wooden windows with non-load bearing UPVC windows. Some movement comes and goes with the seasons and other movement is permanent.
Newman’s are a leading Structural Repair specialist serving London from our West London office in Hammersmith. Our Structural Repair services are often required by many Councils and Housing Associations in order to maintain their properties and reinforce masonry where cracking has occurred.
Newman’s are regularly called upon to carry out Structural Surveys to diagnose Structural Defects and identify areas of masonry that require attention as well as design repair specifications that will provide a lasting solution restoring the aesthetics of the building as well as the structural integrity.
