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      gem3850
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      Five years ago, I had a 11 X !2 brick addition added to my kitchen–few months later it began gapping where addition meets original structure. Have filled cracks, plastered over and cracks reappaer according to seasonal changes. The addition acts as a cantilever, moving back and forth as weather changes from cold to hot. (I live in Pgh.) The outside also has some cracking at the back corner of structure. Is there a permanent solution that is asthetically appealing?

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      Bruno1949
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      The seasonal shift is caused by the whole addition moving in the ground.

      The fix? It isn’t pretty. Contact a foundation expert and find out what was done wrong, lift up the addition and fix it. There is NOTHING you can do from the outside to fix a foundation problem like that.

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