ᐅ Cracks in the side wall of a mid-terrace house, attic level
Created on: 24 Jul 2021 13:48
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HubiTrubi40
Hello everyone,
I viewed a quite nice mid-terrace house today. What caught my attention, however, was that on the second floor or attic level there are vertical and horizontal cracks on both sides. The real estate agent said that this is where the masonry meets the concrete roof section and that it can probably just be filled with filler. If that’s the case, it would be fine. Does anyone have an idea if this is a plausible explanation? Thanks and best regards
Hubi
I viewed a quite nice mid-terrace house today. What caught my attention, however, was that on the second floor or attic level there are vertical and horizontal cracks on both sides. The real estate agent said that this is where the masonry meets the concrete roof section and that it can probably just be filled with filler. If that’s the case, it would be fine. Does anyone have an idea if this is a plausible explanation? Thanks and best regards
Hubi
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hampshire25 Jul 2021 09:16This is completely normal. Every house in the townhouse development we lived in for 18 years had this in 2001. It was also not an issue when selling.
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HubiTrubi4025 Jul 2021 09:26hampshire schrieb:
That's completely normal. Every house in the townhouse development from 2001, where we lived for 18 years, had this. It wasn’t an issue when selling either. But was this also due to the transition between the two building materials? What changes were made in the construction method so that this no longer occurred later on (since you mentioned yours is from 2001), like in this case? By the way, an energy rating of 120... was that typical for that time? I’ve seen various examples. Some from the 1980s had a rating of 80, but I assume they were insulated later.
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hampshire25 Jul 2021 09:48I assume this still happens. You can’t see it when there is a fiberglass fleece in front of it. I mentioned the year of construction so you can understand that there is a time reference comparable to my experience. I no longer know the insulation values.
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Hutchinson12325 Jul 2021 10:11We have the same (mid-terrace house built in 2000). The issue also appears only in the stairwell from the upper floor to the attic.
A friend in his semi-detached house, also built in 2000, experiences this as well.
Our mid-terrace house has a specified energy consumption of 59 kWh/m2/a (class B).
I find 120 quite high. That would probably be class D.
But if people have been heating heavily and keeping the windows slightly open...
A friend in his semi-detached house, also built in 2000, experiences this as well.
Our mid-terrace house has a specified energy consumption of 59 kWh/m2/a (class B).
I find 120 quite high. That would probably be class D.
But if people have been heating heavily and keeping the windows slightly open...
HubiTrubi40 schrieb:
But was it also due to the transition between the two building materials?If you are unsure, you need to get a building expert involved. Otherwise, you won’t have any certainty. By the way, real estate agents are sellers, not building experts!H
HubiTrubi4025 Jul 2021 11:13ypg schrieb:
If you’re unsure, you need to get a building expert involved. Otherwise, you won’t have any certainty. By the way, real estate agents are sellers, not building experts!The previous tenant said they had 1000 euros in additional costs per year for heating and hot water. We already have that in our 4-room apartment here as well.