Cracks Moved to The Tiles

[Irfan]

Hi,

My kitchen wall has crack line which has now moved down towards the floor. The wall up to 5 feet is covered with ceramic tiles. and the crack also appeared in them. If i plaster the wall again and replace the tiles with new ones then what is the probability that this crack will not appear again.

 

[Gazzer]

You need to sort out what is moving ? No point retiling or plastering until you do.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

do you have any ideas as to what is causing the cracking in the wall underneath the tiles & plaster/render ,is there two different materials making up the wall underneath say bricks/blocks or something ells ........

 

[Ajax123]

Cracks in walls must be investigated properly first. It is probably nothing ore than shrinkage but if it is more serious it could cost more if left uncheked. Has the crack reflected on th other side of the wall at all.

 

[Mike Mike]

"If i plaster the wall again and replace the tiles with new ones then what is the probability that this crack will not appear again?"

About the same as you winning a treble rollover on the Lottery. 1 in 756 million...

 

[AliGage]

How old is the property?
Is it an internal or external wall?
What is the wall the tiles are fixed to constructed of?
Can you post a picture of the cracking tiles?
How wide has the crack spread?

I certainly wouldn't be jumping the gun by re-tiling straight away. To be completely honest if it was just the plaster skim cracking with shrinkage you wouldn't notivce it in the tile. I.E the tiles wouldn't crack. However they are only ceramic rather than porcelain. Still, just rings a few alarm bells with me, might be a little more serious.

 

[Mike Mike]

How old is the property?
Is it an internal or external wall?
What is the wall the tiles are fixed to constructed of?
Can you post a picture of the cracking tiles?
How wide has the crack spread?

I certainly wouldn't be jumping the gun by re-tiling straight away. To be completely honest if it was just the plaster skim cracking with shrinkage you wouldn't notivce it in the tile. I.E the tiles wouldn't crack. However they are only ceramic rather than porcelain. Still, just rings a few alarm bells with me, might be a little more serious.

Having watched every episode of Sarah Beenys Help My House is Falling Down, and watched that Structural Engineer in the snazy pinstripe suit give his "science of crackology" speech in every episode, I can predict with 99% certainty that this is either:
a) nothing to worry about (because if the crack was big enough for him to fit his hand in, he would have said), or
b) the result of a blocked drain outside the kitchen, or
c) the house was built of localised unique materials, a sort of concrete aggregate including scrap pig iron from a local foundry, which has, over the course of 120 years, rusted within the concrete and allowed moisture to undermine it's structural integrity and put the house at serious risk of falling down at any minute.

 

[Gazzer]

"If i plaster the wall again and replace the tiles with new ones then what is the probability that this crack will not appear again?"

About the same as you winning a treble rollover on the Lottery. 1 in 756 million...

Nothing to do with the MitreWiz this time is it ? :lol:

 

[widler]

without seeing the problem or at least knowing what the materials used are,no one can tell you the solution,photos and more info would be extreamly helpful

 

[widler]

Having watched every episode of Sarah Beenys Help My House is Falling Down, and watched that Structural Engineer in the snazy pinstripe suit give his "science of crackology" speech in every episode, I can predict with 99% certainty that this is either:
a) nothing to worry about (because if the crack was big enough for him to fit his hand in, he would have said), or
b) the result of a blocked drain outside the kitchen, or
c) the house was built of localised unique materials, a sort of concrete aggregate including scrap pig iron from a local foundry, which has, over the course of 120 years, rusted within the concrete and allowed moisture to undermine it's structural integrity and put the house at serious risk of falling down at any minute.

jesus,you have done some serious reading mike

 

[Mike Mike]

jesus,you have done some serious reading mike

Reading??? No, I watch all of Sarah Beeny's programmes. As I said somewhere else, there are a couple of things about Sarah that keep me glued to the screen :smilewinkgrin:

 

[John Benton]

Reading??? No, I watch all of Sarah Beeny's programmes. As I said somewhere else, there are a couple of things about Sarah that keep me glued to the screen :smilewinkgrin:

Are you the father of any of her 23 babies Mike?

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Reading??? No, I watch all of Sarah Beeny's programmes. As I said somewhere else, there are a couple of things about Sarah that keep me glued to the screen :smilewinkgrin:

me to Mike thats what drew me to her, years ago......

 

[Mike Mike]

Are you the father of any of her 23 babies Mike?

Unfortunately the site censorship policy prohibits me from responding to this question the way I would have liked.

Trust me, were I allowed to respond instinctively, you would have liked it

 

[Irfan]

Building is 15 years old and i don't remember what is underneath. The only thing that i remember was that rainy water accumulated there all the time before constructing this house and had formed a shape of pond. That time i drained all the water out there and then DPC 4 feet beneath. Foundation was made strong. Another thing i remember is that there was a 4'X4' window which was later on removed from there.

do you have any ideas as to what is causing the cracking in the wall underneath the tiles & plaster/render ,is there two different materials making up the wall underneath say bricks/blocks or something ells ........

 

[AliGage]

Building is 15 years old and i don't remember what is underneath. The only thing that i remember was that rainy water accumulated there all the time before constructing this house and had formed a shape of pond. That time i drained all the water out there and then DPC 4 feet beneath. Foundation was made strong. Another thing i remember is that there was a 4'X4' window which was later on removed from there.

Eh? Can you explain this? Are you saying that before you tiled the walls when it rained it formed a pond on the outside of the tiled wall 4 feet above the DPC?
If it is it's kind of obvious where the cracks come from.

 

[Mike Mike]

Eh? Can you explain this? Are you saying that before you tiled the walls when it rained it formed a pond on the outside of the tiled wall 4 feet above the DPC?
If it is it's kind of obvious where the cracks come from.

No, I think he is saying that the house was built in the Lost City of Atlantis...

 

[AliGage]

Ahhh, turn the kitchen into a wetroom then

 

[Irfan]

No it was not like that. The pond was there before the construction of house when it was plain ground. Level of the plot was deeper. I drained the water and then constructed the house and concrete beds were placed 4 feet deeper and over that DPC and then constructed the house over them. From your question i thought that there may be possibility of displacement of DPC due to soft and damp ground under the house.

 

[AliGage]

Have you checked for any transfer of the crack outside the property?

 

[Irfan]

No its only from the inside.

 

[AliGage]

Can you post some pictures so we can get a better idea of what you're dealling with please?

 

[Irfan]

Yes sure but at the moment i am on tour to another city. i will post the pics as soon as i reached back to my home.

 

[steve187]

There are 4 men advertising on here, that could fix that problem