New house bricks loose around windows?

I have a new house approximately one year old. Above several windows the bricks are cracking horizontally and are really loose. There is only 1 or 2 courses of brick above the windows until it meets the roof gables. The is an iron lintel above each window. Is this normal? What will it take to fix this?New house bricks loose around windows?
To me it sound like house frame shrinkage if you have a brick-veneer house, you'll see in the picture http://picasaweb.google.com.au/Sentinel8鈥?/a>


if the distance between the frame and brick work isn't enough when the frame shrinks (and all frames shrink just depends how much, usually about 1/2 inch) it will transfer the load of the roof onto the brick work, seeing there are only two courses of bricks over the window this is the path of least resistance and would be the most like to show, there and under the sill. The many reason why I believe it is shrinkage is because the time since construction, shrinkage doesn't had over night it takes month, but it could be just bad brick work hopefully.New house bricks loose around windows?
Contact the contractor who did the work or the general contractor who did the project. They may send someone out to fix it, because it wasn't installed right.





I had a house remodeled and, a couple years later, some of the overhead lights started flickering randomly. I called the remodeling company's general number, and they forwarded the complaint on to the superintendent of the project. He called me the next day and said they would send out the electrical contractor to fix it.





Within a couple days, the electrician came out and did some troubleshooting on the electrical system. He didn't find anything specific, so he replaced all of the light switches on the flickering lights. That took care of the problem and they didn't charge me anything.
No, it's not normal, and should be repaired. It could be a bad mortar mix or just incorrectly installed. The steel lintels you described are typical. Without seeing photos of the situation, it's hard to make a determination, but it could also be caused by settlement of the house.





Remember that you have a one-year warranty on your house, so make sure that you identify it to your contractor via registered mail ASAP.





Good luck...mcrg00