Construction defects or state of the art?

Hello everyone,

we visited our shell construction today and noticed a few things. Of course, as laypersons, we cannot properly assess this and therefore we are asking here in the larger group, hoping for an answer. Thank you very much in advance.


This is an interior wall and some distances seem very large to us.


A stone is broken off in the window reveal. Is this okay?


The same applies here. Is it normal not to mortar these? Won't this create thermal bridges?
Best regards

The small chip under the windowsill is a minor cosmetic defect that will no longer be visible once finished. The wall must be rebuilt starting from the lintel support; this is shoddiest workmanship and simply unacceptable. Even the mortar-filled butt joints betray the pieceworker, but two errors are particularly concerning: that the creator of this work - "bricklayer" would probably be a misnomer - apparently has never heard of a proper overlapping bond; and that the lintel itself is probably not a single piece. Continuing at the lintel's "break point" without overlap, and then thirdly further destabilizing it with the mortar botch in the butt joint, is altogether too much badness, even for a non-load-bearing wall. If you are a buyer, document it and kindly point it out; if you are the client, call the site manager and submit a written complaint of defects. Registered mail with return receipt, no modern WhatsApp.

Hello,

thank you very much for the contribution. The wall already seemed very strange to us and we will inform the site manager immediately. Unfortunately, the ceiling was already done last week. Is the correction still possible then?

Best regards

well, it gets more complicated, but that shouldn't be your problem. The "bricklayer" probably thought the joints should be nicely aligned for a neat joint pattern. You have to point out to him that he was mistaken and should reconsider his career choice. (seriously: you can express it that harshly) I already learned that better 35 years ago as a trainee draftsman during my internship.

With LEGO, you don't do it either ...

Unfortunately, the ceiling was already done last week. Is the correction still possible then?

The correction is necessary in any case. This is a serious structural defect. The ceiling can remain in place, but the supports underneath can also continue to be used for the time being, and I would currently advise against building walls over it. The creator of this botched job has managed to produce an exemplary crack that even a steel frame will not hold, and at which every predetermined breaking point would pale with envy. Apparently, the bricklayer stand-in was once sick, and the drywall extra unexpectedly got a proper supporting role.