Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 6Jun 18, 2012 10:53 pm We often get movement cracks at cornice joins but that cornice has been ripped in two. You have some more serious issues with movement I think. @builderforlife Building inspector and passionate about construction When you need an expert to take a look. Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 8Jun 18, 2012 11:17 pm What was the soil class? Do any neighbours have any similar issues? I would email builder pics as they probably just think your being over the top, which your not, they are serious cracks and faults showing up. Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 9Jun 19, 2012 4:51 am We are on HD slab, as are our neighbours. Checked with 3 neighbours, none have any of these issues. I emailed the builder the pic I posted here and our SS is saying it is just settling...Seeing friends places and even seeing our next door neighbours with a different builder, they have some hairline cracks which have started to appear after 6 months not after 3 weeks when we first started noticing.They also cannot fit a car key inside their cracks... So far our builder has been great for rectifying issues, however, this one they keep pushing onto maintanence which makes me think they want to keep pushing it out :/ Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 10Jun 19, 2012 5:48 am Have you had a look at brickwork, is it cracking? What about doors, are they jamming? It certainly looks like your home is moving badly. Check outside home for plumbing & drainage leaks and in wet areas internally. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 12Jul 05, 2012 6:05 pm Could be caused by moisture as don't there see don't see any stress fractures on the plaster around the crack.. As said previously check for other evidence of movement. Re: Anybody had cracks like this? 13Jul 05, 2012 7:13 pm ![]() This is terrible, can you please let us know which builder and building inspector you've used so that we can all avoid them at all costs? Hope it works out for you mate I wont release any names of either as a little searching will locate the builder anyway. As for the inspector, nothing he did through the build was wrong, there are 2 issues we face, one is heaving caused by a pooling issue and the other is too much of the additive used to keep cornice cement from going off (tests done by gyprock confirmed this). The builder has their engineers coming in on Tuesday and we have our engineer following the day after to do full tests. Our engineer has already done probe tests to confirm the issues on why we have heave and now it is just making sure our builders guys will do what our guy is saying. I have to say, our builder has been pretty good since we raised the issue a 2nd time. We also have one of the GM's coming on site Tuesday. I have no doubt everything that needs to be rectified will be, especially given the small breaches of contract and also ignoring our inspectors recommendations. ![]() Could be caused by moisture as don't there see don't see any stress fractures on the plaster around the crack.. As said previously check for other evidence of movement. The plaster isn't cracking in the stress points because it is shearing away, the rest is as per above. It sounds like you have a crack in your garage where the wall meets the ceiling, along the shadow line on the… 0 18076 Do you have a scope of works? If have texture on wall now, the patch will show through The standard for repair of texture is to patch, re-texture corner to corner,… 5 7430 |