IndustrialWizarding Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hello everyone, I have recently moved into a 1960's mid-terraced property. I had a full survey done at time of purchase and nothing came back of any concern. I went into the loft for the first time and spotted that some brickwork is loose and missing on the party wall on one side of the property - as identified in the attached pictures. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is something to be concerned about and could pontentially become an issue over time? Everything else in the loft looks to be in good order, such as the timber supports and i cannot identify any cracking along chimney breasts or other walls. Any help would be greatly appreciated, unfortunatley I do not have a great deal of knowlege in this area. many thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Frankly that’s typical of houses of that age, if the wall has no major cracks it won’t be a problem. In some terraced houses they didn’t even brick the whole area and neighbours could walk into others lofts!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_P Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 33 minutes ago, joe90 said: Frankly that’s typical of houses of that age, if the wall has no major cracks it won’t be a problem. In some terraced houses they didn’t even brick the whole area and neighbours could walk into others lofts!!! Haha... I had a place like that once, 12 Victoria terrace houses all connected with one open loft space. You could pop up through your loft hatch and visit any of your neighbours through theirs! I built mine up so it was ‘secure’. my 1930s semi was just like your photo above... I left it alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 a lot of old pit houses had communal loft spaces, some even had the electricity supply as two bar conductors running along a purlin with droppers to each house ..... needless to say that i saw a few instances of `jump leads` attached to the bar conductors and taken into the house before the electricity meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Mine was open to our neighbours, so I sealed mine up as my neighbours were free spirits and more than likely they would set my house on fire by accident. double sheeted plasterboard and all gaps filled and taped then fire foam around the perimeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 @IndustrialWizarding Welcome to the forum. Looks pretty normal/typical for the period to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndustrialWizarding Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Thank you everyone for your replies, it has certainly given me a sigh of relief, really appreciate it. Wishing everyone a great week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 05/03/2021 at 11:46, Gav_P said: Haha... I had a place like that once, 12 Victoria terrace houses all connected with one open loft space. You could pop up through your loft hatch and visit any of your neighbours through theirs! I built mine up so it was ‘secure’. my 1930s semi was just like your photo above... I left it alone. Lack of a fire barrier would be more of a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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