House Hairline Cracks

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Hi all,

Just moving in to a house - it was built early 80s.

When viewing we didnt notice hairline cracks on ceiling and some walls but on closer inspection I can see them in most rooms on both floors.

Checked outside and there is no cracking. All doors and windows open and close fine.

I am just wondering what do you think and if there could be any serious issues with house. (a mate who is handy with DIY had a look and said its nothing to worry about and can be normal on old houses with plasterboard joins etc)

Thanks
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Got a house valuation survey with bank. The last one we got he was useless so didn’t bother this time.

Yeah I should have more photos
 
cheers guys - feel a bit calmer.

The worst ones are in the large open hallway and landing upstairs..... upstairs landing has 3 cracks (in T shape originating from a light...…. one end going to attic hatch, other 2 to walls across top of ceiling about 1.8m length crack)
 
There is no cracking outside - the bricks and mortar look in very good condition.

I was just worried because there is some kind of cracking in about 7 rooms, hallway and landing.

The one in the hallway is really noticeable - I can’t believe I would have missed it as I was looking at wall condition. That was 8 weeks ago
 
Hi there noticed some more cracks this time going up the wall - this one behind the radiator on outside wall in dining room. The first picture is wear skirting is behind radiator / next is from above radiator and thirst is viewing above that...…. Is this okay?







And this one in the lounge in the corner of the room going up. Strange to have crack in corner... Is it okay?





 
I am not sure if I just missed it or not as I was looking mainly at ceiling when I first moved in....

Yeah the plastering looks a bit bad and I'm sure the previous owners (who owned the house for 1 year) had just covered and painted the cracks and they are reappearing..... as there are other areas which look like they have covered cracks and is the same colour paint....

There are definitely no cracks on the outside which is the only thing which makes me feel its not subsidence....
 
thenewoc said:
That seems good, there would be a gap behind the plasterboard anyway.

My concern would be if you don't sort the cracks and plastering so it's properly smooth it would affect your ability to sell it later. It probably has a few layers of poor decorating attempts over everything. I can't imagine the plastering would have been that bad to begin with. What might have happened is the taped joints may have been poorly implemented to begin with and if they failed, e.g. creased / wrinkled, came unstuck etc, a DIYer may have removed some of the problematic taped joints and then filled them instead.

The fine cracks around the skirting boards / architraves are probably a result of cheap calk drying out and cracking. That can be fixed with a sharp chisel and scrape it all off, fill any damage to the walls with a spatula and some crack / shrink resistant ready mixed filler from a decent brand like Polyfiller. Refill any gap between skirting / architraves with a cartridge of Flexible Polyfiller using a cartridge sealant gun but also use a fugi tool to scrape off the excess Flexible Polyfiller so you end up with a neat bead and straight line around the top of the skirting / edges of architrave to paint / wallpaper to.
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Thanks I will add this to my list of jobs and stop worrying :)
 
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