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Cracks in the plaster in our tenement stair - structural engineer sugg

Posted by Livia Dyckhoff, on
Cracks in the plaster in our tenement stair - structural engineer suggests pinning, local builder/plasterer suggests mesh is current standard - which to trust?
Robert Ciuraru

Robert Ciuraru

Hi Livia, If you noticed the cracks are getting bigger in time than you should definitively look at pinning so the problem does not get worse. Sometimes render cracks and gets away from the wall case in which it can be fixed with mesh.
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Axel Keating

Axel Keating

Mesh will definitely help any new plaster or render from cracking. I think the engineer is pointing to the underlying cause of the cracks . Are they getting wider over time?
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