In construction, structural repairs are a technical term, contrasted to renovations or non-structural repairs. They are changes to a property to bring it up to local health and safety standards. Unlike renovations, they add relatively little value to a property.
Movement in buildings causing cracks can occur for a variety of reasons possible causes being the result of short term activity, such as recent building work, or more seriously the result of foundation movement, lack of restraint or the corrosion of embedded steel such as cavity wall ties.
