Solid brick
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Brick – efflorescence
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Moisture in the blocks causing salts to migrate to the surface leaving a whitish-grey residue
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Rising damp
Cracks in the mortar and/or bricks
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No control joints incorporated in wall
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Differential settlement of the building caused by swelling/shrinking of clay soils and inadequate foundations and indicated by cracking through the mortar stepped across the face of the wall
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Building subjected to vibration movement such as earthquake, high wind
Rising damp or damp in brick walls
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Ground moisture being absorbed by bricks and moving up the wall due to deteriorating or missing damp-proof membrane, or plaster or soil bridging the damp-proof membrane
Drummy plaster – brick walls
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Loss of bond between the plaster and the brick