haywire07:



Man, the problem is from the foundation . It won't even stop there ,u will soon notice your window and door frames are also getting slack , your ceiling or PVC or whatever will start separating from the walls and the cracks begins to appear in another part of the wall .


Solution-
Use fillers like cement mix to fill the spaces (might be temporary too)
It could be as bad as trying to introduce a reinforced free standing concrete column if the spacing gets wider

But a long lasting but time consuming solution is what we Architects or engineers call 'underpining' - in simple terms , dig the ground till under d existing foundation (I.e the initial foundation is suspended ) then fill it with concrete, wait till it sets , then cover up .

EfeEj:
Here's a solution that night work,

Cut open the cracks to be wide enough. Use a cutting machine to make it neat and controllable.

Fix steel reinforcement to go down to the foundation and cast the concrete mix.

If symptoms persists then there's trouble with your foundation.

I hope this helps,

Arc. Efe

ekanDamie:
architect and builders in the building pls I have pictures here showing the front view of our building
it started small and has enlarged to the extent the crack in the pics can now be viewed from inside, it's a see through.
please is there any explanation or solution to this menace?

johnson232:

thanks alot

Okundaye4:



What do you advise? I mean which one is better? the you mould or the one you buy?

UnimkeAk:

Roof load is neglible, its not a foundation issue, its a damn strip for that matter(blinding and block work)... Poor soil conditions are clearly written all over those cracks....

ekanDamie:
architect and builders in the building pls I have pictures here showing the front view of our building
it started small and has enlarged to the extent the crack in the pics can now be viewed from inside, it's a see through.
please is there any explanation or solution to this menace?

ekanDamie:
architect and builders in the building pls I have pictures here showing the front view of our building
it started small and has enlarged to the extent the crack in the pics can now be viewed from inside, it's a see through.
please is there any explanation or solution to this menace?

Foxyn:
the sign is clear.

this means that the witches are trying to destroy your house spiritually though it's happening physically for you to see.


now here's what you need to do, buy insects powder, pour inside the lines and cement it.

by 12:00am, you wake up and pray on it. then finalize the prayer by pouring an olive oil on where you cemented it

count yourself a free man

go and sin no more

ekanDamie:
architect and builders in the building pls I have pictures here showing the front view of our building
it started small and has enlarged to the extent the crack in the pics can now be viewed from inside, it's a see through.
please is there any explanation or solution to this menace?

illumiaconcept:
Good morning, first of all this cracks were caused by differential settlement (uneven settlement) of various soil strata underneath the building....the reason why the tear is vertical from top to bottom is not only because of the differential settlement but because this building doesnt have a "chained" up lintel and no dpc (german floor)...to cut the long story short, it is correctable either by underpinning that portion of the building or the entire exterior wall off the building which should carried out by an expert and its more expensive but the ideal thing to do OR you crack the walls at 500mm spacing (interval)and introduce a 1.5m long U bent 16mm reinforcement horizontally in each from top to bottom, before covering it up with mortar...this method is cheaper and requires a bit of technicality...either ways, its professionally adviced to do the correction with an expert and at the same time always follow building standards when constructing instead of entrusting your property in the hands of artisans (advanced bricklayer/quacks)...

talk2odim:


I am not a construction engineer so i will be speaking from my personal experiences on site. It is usually caused by what is referred to as "dead weight." This usually occurs ( i am relying on the cracks as described by you) when the substructured esp the walls are forced to carry more load that their design. I presume u didn't engage a structural engineer in your building process cos itz one of the things they help prevent.
One of the ways to control this ( though may be relatively expensive) would be to introduced "pillar" in strategic places within the walls of the stucture which would serve as "load carriers."
Once done u can then patch the cracks. Kindly seek further options.

Cheers.

ekanDamie:
architect and builders in the building pls I have pictures here showing the front view of our building
it started small and has enlarged to the extent the crack in the pics can now be viewed from inside, it's a see through.
please is there any explanation or solution to this menace?

ucheo:
Please my people I started noticing this cracks in my house of barely 1 year. it spreads any were windows are down to the ground...all the windows.
The area is waterlogged and we applied all the caution like casting of founation to 2 ft level.

kindly advise way forward ...some engrs. I called are saying it should be settling some are saying cement mixing.

Foxyn:
the sign is clear.

this means that the witches are trying to destroy your house spiritually though it's happening physically for you to see.


now here's what you need to do, buy insects powder, pour inside the lines and cement it.

by 12:00am, you wake up and pray on it. then finalize the prayer by pouring an olive oil on where you cemented it

count yourself a free man

go and sin no more

johnson232:

Sir what are the possible causes of this differential settling that causes cracks?
Could it be as a result of shallow foundation? thanks.
cc haywire07

Jonwesley:



Hello people, I have similar cracks in my bungalow, but only along three corners of my walls, where the block wall join other wall at corners of the building from down to up, not directly on the face walls as this case. Kindly help explain probable cause and how to remedy it.

AyodejiJ:
I think you're wrong sir, those cracks on the wall is as a result of settlement in the soil or an uneven settlement. And poor soil type, non compacted soil or earth, and refusal to have a German floor laid are few reasons for what you're seeing

chemystery:

Cracks are caused by expansion which is as a result of high magnesia and/or free lime in the cement used.
High magnesia and/or freelime translates to poor quality cement.

Forget about those telling you about foundation.

I'm neither an architect nor a civil engineer nor a builder but
I'm a cement/building material expert.