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Well thats about it, as usual I could go further but Im sure weve all had enough. One of the keys toinspecting walls is not to miss really bad faults. When you identify these you look more closely forsmaller faults. The occasional fault is not a problem but lots of faults compounding each other is acause for concern. It is likely that the wall in the photo represents the join between two differentcontractors. This is likely to explain a number of the problems, but it does not of course excuse them.Perhaps more alarming than someone building this wall is the fact that it was signed off and the maincontractors and sub-contractors paid. It can be difficult to see problems in a wall, but a section such

as this is literally eye catching given the grouping of shiners and should stick out like a sore thumb toeven a semi competent inspector.

Sean Adcock