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HI, I wasn't sure where to post this so I posted it here:
I recently bought a rpartially emodeled 150 yr old house. I have noticed a series of cracks both on the external walls and some on internal stucco. I need some professional to take a look and give me remedial advice. Does anyone offer such a service? Any info will help.


Dec 27th, '11, 23:04
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Hi Marry
You should have some engineer or contractor look at it first to determent the cause of a problem. I know couple of good engineers here and I will send you an email you with their names.
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Dec 28th, '11, 21:46

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the house you bought is 150 yrs old means its construction is very old so its obvious to have cracks on the wall i think you will have to reconstruct it.

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Jan 14th, '12, 01:47
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General rule of engineering in respect to the wall cracks is If the crack is bigger then ¼ of inch it is called structural crack and need to be looked at by the qualified engineer, if it is less than ¼ of inch it is surface, settlement, evaporation or other type of crack which is not dangerous to the structure but it also need to be taken care of – patch and painted.

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