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In the process of renovating an 1810 bungalow (cottage). Having ripped some plasterboard off the wall I was greeted with this horror show. This was the original exterior wall of the house. It was all very damp because there used to be a toilet here and a previous builder decided to just lay DPM and a thin concrete slab over the waste pipe without bothering to cap off the unused soil pipe. All the bricks in this section are very loose (I could probably pull them out by hand). Struggling to know where to start with it. I was thinking of putting in some 6mm helical bars along the dotted red lines in the picture and then rerouting the plastic pipes so they don't go through this wall and slowly replacing/adding in missing bricks leaving each part to set as I go. Does this sound sensible or like a stupid plan? The wall will eventually be rendered so I am more interested in structurally sound than pretty. Any advice very gratefully received.
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Hi I am in the throws of purchasing a 1930s house that needs modernising. It largely looks sound but there are cracks along the edge of the ceiling and wall all along one side of one bedroom. Other rooms look okay although they are all wallpapered (all firm and intact) and have coving. I have attached 3 photos. I will get a building survey done to look but wondered if anything can be suspected from observation. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi I live in a bungalow dorma and the 2 rear bedroom have a hair line crack on the two outer walls and both sides of the inner wall (which is between both bedrooms) all cracks are in about the same position and run vertically from floor to ceiling and looks similar upstairs in the dorma would this be structure damage from the dorma. Appreciate any help
