Should I be concerned about this crack?

[Whats the crack]

Was just wondering if I could ask if this crack is a concern. It seems to have been repaired with a relatively soft filler a bit similar to a test texture of mastic.

 

i’ve been told it may be due to the house having had old wooden lentils that have now been replaced and filled use in packers which may have moved slightly?

 

i’m not sure about the tiles on the roof either?

 

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

[MikeSharp01]

An old Architect of my acquaintance once told me that if you cannot get your hand into the crack then you do not need to worry about it, hopefully one of our friendly Structural Engineers will be along shortly with a view.

[ToughButterCup]

Crack? Crack? Wot crack? 

 

Come back in a few centuries and show us the crack if it's still there

(Bois, where was that crack again? Anyone see it? I can't. Someone get @Pocster and see if he can see it)

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, ToughButterCup said:

Crack? Crack? Wot crack? 

 

Come back in a few centuries and show us the crack if it's still there

(Bois, where was that crack again? Anyone see it? I can't. Someone get @Pocster and see if he can see it)

I can spot a crack from a mile away …

[Alan Ambrose]

>>> old wooden lentils

 

With gruel? People were a lot poorer in those days.

 

Yeah it does look like it propagated from the window aperture and then died out doesn't it. You have steel lintels now? The fix looks a bit of a bodge. You could get someone up there on a ladder, clean it up and re-grout properly. Then see if it re-appears over the next few years.

Edited 2 hours ago by Alan Ambrose

[Whats the crack]

Thanks for the info. It’s a new house purchase you see, but I didn’t want to buy it if there’s any subsidence or major structural issues. So I’m not too sure about the steel lentil.
 

It sounds like it’s not a big concern at the minute then?

 

 

[Nickfromwales]

Likely that the original windows were solid timber, maybe a hardwood, so when the windows were changed to UPVC the external face course of brickwork had a chance to drop slightly.

 

Back in the day the windows would have gone in as the wall was going up, and they would have bricked to them / on top of them.

 

A lot of bay windows fail after the original hardwood windows have been removed as useless fitters don’t realise they were sharing the load through the frames / mullions. 

 

Not a worry, very typical, just needs pointing again to do the job a bit better.