Building Cracks

What causes cracks in a building? What is the lasting solution to stop the cracks. the cracks show on the beam and block wall

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Duns2000

  • Dec 29th, 2008
 

In walls

1. Shear cracks
2. Settlement cracks

To overcome these created cracks use

1. Filling adhesive materials.
2. If the crack is exceed 2mm then use chicken net or polymer strips.

In
beams

1. Design calculation failure.
2. Sagging failure

To overcome this cracks, consider the cover space (at bottom level) not exceed 25mm

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