subsidence crack above doorway house

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Subsidence crack above doorway in a house or building. Plaster has a stepped cracking pattern from the architrave which shows evidence of root exacerbated clay soil shrinkage. Insurance claim requires evidence of this from samples and inspection holes prior to rectifying works taking place.