House ceiling cracks

[minischnoo]

Looking for advice if possible... I moved 6 weeks ago to a bungalow circa 1930. Home report highlighted a slight dip in roof, high moisture level in kitchen wall and some cracked boss render to exterior. (cat 2 repairs) So prepared for some future repair work. Since moving in we've had cracks appearing in ceilings which are causing anxiety. ( hall, living room, bedroom and bathroom) Some appear to be quite long, old cracks (can see old repair work) but there's new cracks appearing too. I'm worried something might be going on. The home report original and refresh in December showed no evidence of subsidence (cat 1).... The house was empty for 6 months before I bought it. I haven't put any boxes/loads in the attic due to noticing the cracks. I'm not sure why this is happening? Or where to start, or who to ask to look at it? I feel physically sick every time I look up. Does anyone know who I should contact.. or if they look structural?

 

[Wayners]

2a is cracking on either side of a tape. Maybe old Hessian tape. The cracks line up to outline the tape edge if you look.

1a looks like plaster has come away and the ceiling has sunken. Plaster is brittle so it tends to react like that. Bit of a slab of plaster is throwing the crack line off.

5b has a tape under. Just fyi if there is a tape it can crack either side or up the middle depending on how its moved. Also any mixture of cracks.
Could go up the right side then switch to left side then move to the middle.
It's just because tape and plaster is resisting but will give somewhere.
Hope that helps explain
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[minischnoo]

Thanks...I don't know anything about it, other than there's new cracks appearing as well as old repaired ones. Not sure who to get to look at it? Or if it's a major problem...

 

[big-all]

have you loaded up the attic in the areas above the cracks??
Ceilings will flex iff not beefed up to take loads

 

[minischnoo]

Quite the opposite I've not put anything in the attic, been too worried about the cracks.. it's empty.

 

[big-all]

could be the timbers relaxing over time since a heavy load has been removed??

 

[minischnoo]

There wasn't much in it..the last owners kindly left their stuff for us to clear out only thing of note was they had put wooden boards over the overhead beams for some reason..we did remove them...so maybe?