Is is feasible to underpin a single storey single brick extension?

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yes by underpining the property would stop further movement paovideing it done propley and get a structial engineer involved

to be perfectly honest with you it would be more feasible to knock down and rebuild ,underpinning is expensive ,and with only a 4 inch structure its not to regs anyway throwing good money after bad in my oppinion ,rip out and dig new to regs and rebuild with cavity wall lot better in the long run regards mitch substructure

He should have mentioned underpinning how ever if he is well experienced I'm sure there may be a reason he hasn't. There would be no point in re pointing as it would probably re occur with out underpinning first. I would recommend exposing the foundations as mentioned then asking a surveyor / building inspector to make an assessment on the existing footings. If underpinning is done correctly I am sure this would solve your problem and then re pointing would bring the finish of the brick work back to a good standard, however with out seeing the structure for myself it would be hard for me to say for definate. Hope it helps, Kind regards Richard Charidge

Yes and also to mention that the existing foundation would probably only accomodate a single leaf of brickwork and would have to be made wider for the cavity formation, this is in addition to the underpinning.

Yes absolutely. If done properly! It is the best and only option for subsidence. He should have mentioned underpinning. Adding another skin will only add more weight making it even worse!

Repointing the wall wont stop further subsidence, you really need a structural engineer to advise you on the under pinning, not a surveyor. If you are adding another wall, then yes its likely it would need to be underpinned. As this is structural works, building control will be involved.