Plaster Crack !!exclusive!!s Around Windows

Houses settle over time. As the foundation adjusts to the soil and the wood framing dries out and shrinks, slight movements occur. Because windows are structural openings, the corners of the frame often bear the brunt of this shifting. This usually results in moving diagonally away from the top corners of the window. This is generally cosmetic and very common in homes less than 10 years old.

: If a crack widens at one end above a window, it may mean the lintel (the support beam over the window) is sagging or failing. plaster cracks around windows

You’re washing the windows or hanging a curtain rod when you spot it: a thin, jagged line spiderwebbing out from the corner of the window frame. Houses settle over time

Houses settle over time. As the foundation adjusts to the soil and the wood framing dries out and shrinks, slight movements occur. Because windows are structural openings, the corners of the frame often bear the brunt of this shifting. This usually results in moving diagonally away from the top corners of the window. This is generally cosmetic and very common in homes less than 10 years old.

: If a crack widens at one end above a window, it may mean the lintel (the support beam over the window) is sagging or failing.

You’re washing the windows or hanging a curtain rod when you spot it: a thin, jagged line spiderwebbing out from the corner of the window frame.