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Common for walls to crack in an old house?
We have a house that was built in the mid-40s. Concrete foundation and otherwise a wooden house. Originally a plastered facade but now also a wooden facade. Wooden planks in all walls. From what I understand, they are load-bearing wooden planks and not actual studs.
In many rooms, new surfaces in the form of plasterboards were added a few years ago. Some rooms do not have new moisture barriers. Small cracks are appearing in many rooms that weren't there before. I don't know if it's at the joints of the plasterboards, but in many places, it's likely so.
It wasn't too long ago that the previous owner renovated with some new surfaces, as mentioned, but they have still been in place since around 2013 without seeming to have cracked... Or well, I don't really know when they renovated certain rooms, it might have been later. Even older rooms that haven't been addressed seem to have developed some cracks here and there. They're not particularly wide cracks directly, but they can still stretch quite far (often from top to bottom, though rarely all the way down to the floor).
Is it common for walls to suddenly get cracks in old houses? Wood does move with the seasons, if I understand correctly? But I haven't seen many other houses with cracks in their walls?
In many rooms, new surfaces in the form of plasterboards were added a few years ago. Some rooms do not have new moisture barriers. Small cracks are appearing in many rooms that weren't there before. I don't know if it's at the joints of the plasterboards, but in many places, it's likely so.
It wasn't too long ago that the previous owner renovated with some new surfaces, as mentioned, but they have still been in place since around 2013 without seeming to have cracked... Or well, I don't really know when they renovated certain rooms, it might have been later. Even older rooms that haven't been addressed seem to have developed some cracks here and there. They're not particularly wide cracks directly, but they can still stretch quite far (often from top to bottom, though rarely all the way down to the floor).
Is it common for walls to suddenly get cracks in old houses? Wood does move with the seasons, if I understand correctly? But I haven't seen many other houses with cracks in their walls?
Many of my walls, wooden house from 1930, have developed cracks. Some with newer surfaces, others older. Mainly above the radiators, windows, and chimney. I have redone most of it and tried to stabilize joints and exposed areas as much as possible.
Ok, same as with us then, in other words. The question is whether the extremely dry summer has caused this or what it might be due to? Now we have turned the heat back on properly at home again..Hammarfall said:
I've got a crack right next to the chimney on the upper floor, exactly where the wall meets the chimney.. I think it’s an old surface there, probably wood together with tretex..
Even other rooms have gotten small cracks here and there. Both inner and outer walls.
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