Description
Home Monitoring Kit
This set contains all the products needed to monitor cracking on a flat wall within the home. It includes a Crack Width Gauge to measure the width of cracks prior to monitoring, Plus Tell-Tales, all fixings, instructions for use and Crack Record Sheets. It also includes the book Has your House got Cracks?: A Homeowner’s Guide to Subsidence.
The kit contains:
- 1x BH11 – Book: A Homeowner’s Guide to Subsidence
- 1x AW11 – Crack Width Gauge
- 2x TP11 – Plus Tell-Tales
- 2x AF11 – Packs of Fixing Screws
- 1x AE14 – Pack of Araldite® two part epoxy
- Instructions and Crack Monitoring Record Sheets to record changes in crack width.
The kit can be replenished by re-ordering any of the components which are also available as separate items.
1. Initial Measurement
Use the Crack Width Gauge to measure and record crack width before monitoring.
2. Monitor Cracks in Flat Walls
Use the Plus Tell-Tales to monitor horizontal and vertical movement across cracks on flat surfaces.
3. Understand why Buildings Crack
The Homeowner’s Guide to Subsidence explains why buildings crack and how to recognise and deal with subsidence.
