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What or whom do I need to fix a droopy front elevation?

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Wombat27A · 20/07/2022 20:45

What or whom do I need to fix a droopy front elevation?

The house is brick and tile, very solid 1950s build but for some unknown reason, the box windows are brick below the living room and plywood with a tile cladding above.

This has sunk when the windows were last changed and there's visible cracking along both sides of the box window in the upstairs bedroom box.

It's never really bothered us as the cracks look fairly stable but the thin wall area isn't good for heat retention (no insulation at all) and the living room is poxy cold in winter.

There's a chance we may have to move as the neighbours have sold up so I'm starting to addess things that might be a massive red flag to buyers.

What do we need to start to fix this?

A builder, a structural engineer or an architect? Does it require building regs plans?

Above the bedroom window is a gable and that's been replaced as it was paper-thin cedar shingles, so that's relatively stable.

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OneForTheRoadThen · 25/01/2023 06:56

@Wombat27A we have the same problem. Are you able to give me a ballpark figure of the costs to fix please?

Wombats67 · 25/01/2023 08:14

It was a reasonable chunk of change but we went fancy windows, accoustic glass, new window cills with insulation, etc.

The actual fix was screwing the frame back on & adding windows with corner supports.

The frame between lower & upper windows had been nailed onto the house. No insulation at all.

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