Cracks after hot weather

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Anyone else's house covered in cracks after this long hot Summer? Ours is 1880s but with extensions from the 1980s. We have lived here 8 years no issues and now we have cracks all over the place. Trying not to worry too much.

If the cracks are only in the new bits it could be due to the ground drying out more than the foundations can handle. I did read somewhere that once the ground rehydrates the cracks can close up but not sure how much truth there is to that.

Id measure them now and make sure they don't get any bigger

Yeah we have some. All under 1mm now but I’m keeping an eye on them, especially as we’re in a clay soil area.

Our house moves about and is 1960's construction. The bathroom door is sticking at the moment, and it doesn't usually do that. We also have a garden gate that has 'summer' and 'winter' moods so DH has to go and move the latch and screw it higher or lower into different holes twice a year.😂

Our house is 1990s and we have the same issues! The bloody doors drive me insane!

Glad it's not just ours then! We never know which door is going to play up next.

Not just us then, appreciate the responses.

From my (non expert!) understanding after googling the ones we have, if it’s less than 2mm, and not extending out from the corner of doors and windows, it’s not that concerning.

We have an extension on the lounge dating from 1998 and after a protracted dry spell there is a crack in the join. It closes up once the dry spell ends.
we have a structural engineer round a few years back when I panicked about it and he said it wasn’t subsidence and more cosmetic and not to worry about it.

Oh they are at the corners of windows too!

yes me - a victorian terrace. I was wondering what to do about them! Should i get a structural engineer? report them to the building insurance? I'm taking the burying my head in the sand approach right now. One of my cracks is also around a bay window. I have a builder who started work yesterday after a few months off and he said he thought they were from the dry weather as they weren't there last time he was working at my house.

I did report mine to insurance but they weren't very interested. They just said to fill them. Which I haven't got around to, but will.