real_cheep
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? -Tennessee
My wife and I are moving to Tennessee and looking very closely at a beautiful 1930's Dutch style brick-on-wood frame home in the town to which we're relocating (actually, I've only loooked at the numerous pictures my wife took of the place on her last house-hunting trip). There are several places where the exterior masonry is cracked - usually along joints, but some cracks go through bricks. Most of these areas are very near earth level. Now, my current house has a leaky basement - so I know about cracked foundations and the need to be cautious - BUT, this house has no basement, only a crawl space. So, absent a basement, would there be any reason to be worried about cracked masonry aside from aesthetic concerns? Thanks for any advice.
My wife and I are moving to Tennessee and looking very closely at a beautiful 1930's Dutch style brick-on-wood frame home in the town to which we're relocating (actually, I've only loooked at the numerous pictures my wife took of the place on her last house-hunting trip). There are several places where the exterior masonry is cracked - usually along joints, but some cracks go through bricks. Most of these areas are very near earth level. Now, my current house has a leaky basement - so I know about cracked foundations and the need to be cautious - BUT, this house has no basement, only a crawl space. So, absent a basement, would there be any reason to be worried about cracked masonry aside from aesthetic concerns? Thanks for any advice.