Repair & Renovation Guide 73 Architectural damages in a building after an earthquake In this section, we will refer to architectural damages to floors, walls and ceilings, for both interior and exterior surfaces, and building facades. Without exhausting all possible architectural/decorative (non-structural) damages that occur in a building after an earthquake, we will try to list the most important ones: EARTΧHΡQΩUΜAΑKE: ARCHITECTURAL DAMAGES special subjects 1. Vertical cracks on the top or the bottom of window frames, or the top of doors. 2. Diagonal cracks in the corners of door or window frames. 3. Diagonal cracks in corners of walls. 4. Vertical cracks in the middle of the wall and its corners. 5. Crack at the base of the horizontal beam. 6. Diagonal ‘cross’ cracks in the wall. 7. C rack around the walls, between columns and beams. 8. Plaster detachments in parts of the wall that cover plumbing or electrical installations. 9. Cracks on the ceiling plaster. 10. Detachment of plaster around the inner door and window frames. 11. Plaster detachments from support door and window frames (made of metal, wood, or other material). 12. Cracks on the joints of drywall or cement boards in walls made of these materials. 13. Cracks in columns and beams. 14. Cracks in concrete slabs. 15. Cracks in the joints of different structural elements and materials (e.g., wood with stone, metal with plaster, etc.). 16. Plaster detachments from concrete surfaces. 17. Detachment and cracking of tiles from vertical or horizontal surfaces, indoors or out. 18. Damage (cracking, or even detachment) in the external thermal insulation wall system. 19. D etachment of additional architectural elements (mouldings, etc.). 20. Detachment of coatings and other decorative materials installed on the wall surfaces. 21. Detachments of joining material of horizontal and vertical surfaces (coving mortars, etc.).
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