Why Has Your Wall Cracked? and What Can You Do?

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• DA

  @darkstarmatter5678 · 3 years ago

  Never thought I'd have a crack problem, but here I am, watching this video.

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• KE

  @kenmcd2014 · 1 year ago

  When I was a little boy, I'm 70 now I used to watch Popeye and one day my dad came in with some spinach and told me to eat it and be strong like Popeye. So I did, then he said lets see how strong you are. So we wnent outside and he told me to try and pick the house up. I tried and it just wouldn't budge and then he shouted "Stop stop" I asked what 's wrong then he pointed to a massive crack in the wall and said look what you've done. For yours after I thought I'd done that. Last month I sort of realised it was more likely to be what you said rather than anything I did.

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• EU

  @Eurowefilms421 · 3 years ago

  From a retired builder ( Last 30 years in France) of over 60 years...good advise, nicely explained, well done..

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• JO

  @Johnny_Shadow · 4 years ago

  Nice description without the scare mongering and other associated crap. The video is appreciated.

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• GO

  @goblin7837 · 3 years ago

  This guy talks sense and no Bull !

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• AL

  @allantommy139 · 3 years ago

  The first video I watched from you made me $13,000 regarding rising damp repair, Thankyou Godbless you. 🙏🏻❤❤🙏🏻

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• HE

  @HeatherLeaLongevity · 1 year ago

  You're a good communicator, easy to listen to, no nonsense information, good pace - I made it to the end of the video - that means you're good at making videos.  "We love to see a good crack!"  - that was funny Roger.

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• CH

  @charlienicoli9940 · 3 years ago

  That was a good video. I'm a structural engineer and I'm a bit sceptical about structural engineering videos on youtube, because you find people just start pretending to know stuff. But that video was really informative and well explained, and didn't try to make generalised statements about solutions for a very complicated problem!

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• DA

  @damienheaft2519 · 3 years ago

  I got cracks. Thanks for the reassurance. I thought the house was going to be my tomb 😂

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• TH

  @thrilled2bits · 3 years ago

  I dunno about the rest of you but these videos have been so informative. I&apos;ve learnt so much from them - thank you! <br>Currently have a Crack on my internal breeze block of my outhouse...

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• ST

  @Stelios.Posantzis · 4 years ago (edited)

  This advice makes so much sense I can&apos;t help smiling throughout or even sniggering! It&apos;s just comic how sometimes people act when they don&apos;t know anything about a problem and try to address it by just treating the obvious symptoms without recourse to common sense. The fact that a simple act of stupidity can cost someone their house is material for tragi-comedies. The subtle causes that result into houses&apos;/buildings&apos; deterioration without the dwellers&apos; noticing or caring about is food for thought and quite sobering. &nbsp;Nothing lasts for ever but if it was made to last forever, it certainly wasn&apos;t built cheap. In the latter case, perhaps it&apos;s something worth thinking about before taking an old, soundly made building down (or severely altering it) just because &quot;we don&apos;t like it&quot; or &quot;we want something better&quot;.

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• ED

  @Edmond3290 · 4 years ago

  Exactly spot on! My father was a bricklayer /renderer from Yugoslavia. I never believed him that he used to biuld up render to 100mm. &nbsp;I came across a UK renderer and he told me he sacked a bloke because he couldn&apos;t render! He told him : you&apos;re a skimmer only. Then on site he tells me ; your dad is right mate! Same with those cracks: mortar joints only and it&apos;s fine! Top video and tutorial. Cheers from Australia 🙂👍👍👍

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