Hi guys I haven’t recently brought a house but I have just noticed this is this something to be concerned about it’s a single small extension to the rear of the kitchen around 1000mm x 2400mm big should I get a structural engineer to have a look at it as it is next to a drainage pipe ?
Crack in extension
- Thread starter Johnc92
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Check the gully for and leakage.
Andy
Andy
The wall with the 2 breather blocks in is further out then the rest
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Picture 2, where the down pipe goes down.
Andy
Andy
The pipe isn’t leaking where I can see would I need to dig now to see if there is a leak ?
Yes, you would need to remove the down pipe and have a cctv drain survey.
Andy
Andy
It's been repointed and the DPC has been moved up one brick from the existing level. Why? Could it have been hit by a car? Maybe the air bricks were added due to damp, not sure why the whole corner would need repointing/rebuilding though.
An easy first check for the drain is to find the manhole it goes in to and run some water down the drain to make sure it actually goes somewhere and is not just terminated in the ground.
Extension in crack is always preferable. 
Photo 2 shows severe frost damage to the other wall to the right. This suggests there may be very wet soil, possibly pointing the finger at a blocked drain that's leaking out into the soil.
It's possible that the rebuilding may have been an attempt at solving a damp issue, possibly drain related, in which case you hope that they fixed the source at the same time. Or they may have replaced the lower bricks if they were as badly damaged as those others now are.
It's possible that the rebuilding may have been an attempt at solving a damp issue, possibly drain related, in which case you hope that they fixed the source at the same time. Or they may have replaced the lower bricks if they were as badly damaged as those others now are.
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