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Facade crack assessment and repair — Facade specialist — Professionals
Crack-repair leads need careful triage between finish defects and potentially wider building movement. Providers should state their diagnostic limits, refer structural concerns appropriately and avoid pricing a permanent repair before its basis is established.
Service scope
Assessment and specified repair of cracking in an exterior wall or finish after considering the likely cause and whether specialist structural advice is required. Filling a visible line and addressing an ongoing movement problem are not equivalent services.
What is normally included
- Review of crack location and history
- Defined investigation or specialist referral
- Repair according to an appropriate specification
What is not included
- Remote confirmation that a crack is harmless
- Cosmetic filling offered as proof that movement has stopped
Qualification checks
- Review crack history and changes
- Identify substrate and wall context
- Check available professional reports
- Allocate diagnostic responsibility
- Define repair and monitoring boundaries
Quote guidance
Separate assessment or monitoring from the eventual repair where necessary. State the specification and finish-reinstatement allowance, and do not turn a provisional filling price into an unsupported assurance about the building's structural condition.
Lead risks
- The cause may remain unknown at quotation stage
- Repeated previous repairs can obscure the original defect
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