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the front door now sticks
We had this. Solved by planing a bit off the frame but the house has definitely moved.
Where we are (W6) we are not that far above river level so I imagine the groundwater drying out has a serious impact.
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Yeah - we are in SE27 and on a hill. We get seasonal movement which my wife freaks out about constantly.
Had a structural engineer over a couple of years ago when we did our extension and he said the house was fine, nothing to worry about.Still looks shit though, and it's definitely worse this summer.
Considering whether to fill the cracks now or just leave it.
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the front door now sticksPresumably once it rains.. if it ever rains again.. the door will swell back into its previous position?!
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London clay drying out? I think I read something to suggest that it's going to be a real issue with the coming changes to our climate.
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Has anybody else's houses suddenly started showing cracks since the previous heat wave?
Rather worryingly*, we have a load of diagonal cracks appear (which have grown bigger) - the front door now sticks, and other door frames / woodwork has obviously shifted.
Watch this space for when the front of the house falls off.
* moreso than when the bay window shifted / settled a couple of years ago.