Crack in garage walls

[Deano3]

Hi there everyone, just moved home and got a lot of jobs to to do so probably going to be on here a lot. Hope you are all well.

Firstly I want to get some opinions on this, in the garage (was packed with rubbish on the survey) I have cleared it out and want to paint garage and sort it out, i also was thinking of getting bricks above garage door rather than the cladding what is on and this would add more weight to front of garage ,but there is a larage crack going to down the brickwork. It looks like it is where it has had the porch and garage extended at some point, will get some better pictures of the front when get home to give you better idea. The crack is quite thick at top as has some very old alarm wiring going through it that I need to remove so not sure if this is very old. Any opinions welcome . Not sure if to get a builder or structural engineer out to have a look to make sure ok, I will attatch pictures.

Any help appreciated Thanks dean

 

[^woody^]

Common, don't worry about it unless it moves more. Fill it with filler and paint it, and expect it to hairline crack again afterwards, but you can then see if it is continuing to move over the next couple of years.

Check if that roof is still leaking though and deal with that if it is.

 

[Deano3]

Thanks for that bit peace of mind , will get filled in with mortar , you think adding bricks above garage outfront where the cladding is would be ok still ? Think looks better if not to costly.

Thanks dean

 

[^woody^]

It depends on whether the bricks can be added and look like they were meant to be there. The issues are getting a match in texture and colour - plus mortar, and bonding them into the existing either side.

Also, at the moment that cladding is lining through with the windows as it should, when you add the bricks they may be at a different level which then may not look as good as you think it might

 

[Deano3]

It depends on whether the bricks can be added and look like they were meant to be there. The issues are getting a match in texture and colour - plus mortar, and bonding them into the existing either side.

Also, at the moment that cladding is lining through with the windows as it should, when you add the bricks they may be at a different level which then may not look as good as you think it might

Will have a think, you think weight wise will be OK and not open crack more etc ? Wonder if ties we not used enough or something but I do think it's a old cracking. Thanks again

 

[^woody^]

That crack looks very old and more like shrinkage than anything else, and if the staining was a longer term leak, then that would add to the shrinkage as it dried.
Either way, adding a few courses of bricks won't make the situation worse - if that wall was going to move it would do so anyway.