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UPDATE......... Hi. Well the render seems to have been holding itself up! Peeled of like a banana skin. Was really thick on this wall (presumably to make up to the doorframe. Blockwork looks ok apart from the odd cracked thermalite block which I think is just what they do. My plan now is...

Thanks both. Think I’d come round to the idea of knocking most of it off. I suspect the blockwork will be fine. It’s thermalite stuff which seems to crack as soon as you look at it. It’s a non-structural wall and we’ve had a few of these crack in a similar way upstairs presumably through...

Hi all - thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. I'm currently ripping out a bathroom and have found a problem with the wall behind the old shower. It is thermalite block to which about 20mm of sand/cement render has been applied when built. It has clearly failed in the areas I've...