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‘Weak mortar’ causes new homes to crumble

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  1. As an ex-bricklayer, (served my apprenticeship with Wimpey) the brickwork in the photograph is of poor quality. But for the information of whoever thinks it is the mortar causing the problem in the photograph, think you should look at an area below – there’s some form of settlement causing the opening up of the joints.

  2. Doesn’t look like weak mortar to me, but foundation sucpbsidence. Mortar is not strong in tension! And for NHBC to claim they care passionately about the quality of new homes & being committed to helping home owners to resolve problems is a bit rich!

  3. Leslie, Richard,

    The photo is a stock photo, it’s not the actual work.

  4. Just to make it clear – this is a stock image of brickwork. Unfortunately there aren’t all that many to choose from. Apologies if, as you suggest, this looks like subsidence rather than a problem with mortar. It is for illustrative purposes only and is not representative of the problems reported in the story.

  5. I read an article in the Telegraph regarding the above problem. I have purchased an apartment in a new development so am naturally concerned at the above article. I have experienced a lot of issues with my build including damp and mould, so would be very grateful if you could advise me how I can investigate if my apartment has the mortar problem.

  6. Following a number of comments about the photo on this article, we have now removed the image. Thanks for your feedback.

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