Defective expansion joint in clinker facade

The execution is really a visual disaster, I have never seen a joint directly next to the door like this. Talk to BU about whether he will replace the stones and put the joint on one of the sides?! Whether the effort is justified... well, good question.

Hello everyone,

the joints are filled elastically as describes and then only superficially sanded. I don't know the exact material, but you can press it in with your hand. However, the cut does not go all the way to the floor slab but ends a few rows of stones before.

The option with the cuts in the corners was denied to us because then "the maximum length becomes too large." So we were only given the choice whether to make the cut to the left or right of the door. Our expert also suggested that one could scrape out the joints between the stones in one area, but this was also rejected by the general contractor/mason.

: Currently, the 4 joints are located on the side walls of the house, which is probably the lesser evil. On the end walls there is much more masonry that would have to be cut (gable roof) and also the significantly better view, since these are the street/garden sides.

Best regards,
Simon

During an inspection by our independent expert, he criticized the absence of expansion joints.

He is apparently "independent" also in the sense that he cannot be corrupted by any expertise to pass on hearsay from the Bäckerblume. The downright foolish placement of this "expansion joint" says it all; for this optical defect (because it is nothing more, the benefit is exactly zero – a candle, a dowsing rod, and globules would have done more) I would hold him liable. Milling a groove right in the middle of a structural element does nothing against creeping and shrinkage cracks – in this case even completely independent of the elasticity of the filling of this milled groove. This is an unadulterated pure folly, at your place I would scan the thesis with Vroniplag. The only thing that comes to mind is the same "auauau" that washing machine repairers use to indicate that this is unfortunately going to be really expensive now. Expansion joints are used exclusively at the "panel boundaries" of structural elements, not "in the middle of a free span"! – how can an expert be so fundamentally clueless? – it really seems to me that "independent" has to be replaced by "self-proclaimed" here :-(

ant, you are probably absolutely right, but now the gap is there. I think you have to look at it positively. Something like the motto, not everyone has it, it is an aesthetic unique feature. A bit of humor doesn't hurt, and besides, you don't notice it when living inside, and that's the main purpose of houses. What can you do, it can happen.

and besides, you don't notice it when living inside, and that is the main purpose of houses.

Nevertheless: those who use facing bricks usually pay extra for it - and then want a house with bricks and not with Scarface. I therefore see the recommendation of the "expert" as clearly causing a legally actionable damage.

ant, you are probably completely right, but now the gap is there. I think you have to learn to like it. Something like the motto, not everyone has it, it’s an aesthetic unique feature. A bit of humor doesn’t hurt, and besides, you don’t notice it when living inside, and that is the main purpose of houses. What can you do, it can happen. The bricklayer is supposed to replace the bricks here.

Hmm no. Having it clad is very expensive and then a good execution can be demanded. This here is an absolute outrage. You wouldn’t buy a new car that was delivered with severe paint damage and say “Screw it, it’s just cosmetic, the car runs fine. I’ll sell it as a cosmetic unique feature.”

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except in the finance subforum your posts really should be moderated. Almost exclusively posts without value and then still being proud of it because you already have so many posts. It annoys me a lot since I usually can only read without logging in and therefore ignoring is not possible. I know, you don’t care at all, but I just had to get this off my chest.