My walls are cracking - not everywhere, but I am refurbishing the house and it's a real shame when you fill in all the cracks, prime the wall with several coats, paint it all nicely - and there you go - a hairline crack appears in a couple of weeks and ruins all the paintwork! I bought a joint tape for plaserboards, and was wondering if I can use it on some wall cracks - will it prevent them from re-appearing? Any other advise would be much appreciated!
2007-04-23 03:41:48 · 9 answers · asked by gavira_76 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Joint tape and compound can be used to repair the crack(s) but you are covering up, not solving, a problem. Cracking that fast indicates something is shifting and really needs to be addressed.
2007-04-23 04:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You really do have to determine if the walls are plaster or drywall. Really old homes may be built with balloon studs.. a technique where the walls are built before the floors, meaning that the weight of the floors and ceilings are bearing on old nails and not on column support. As the old nails rust, the weight begins to rest on the plaster walls, causing spiderweb like cracks to appear, especially around doors and windows. The plaster can be repaired with large rolls of fiberglass mesh (not joint tape) or veneered, as a previous answer suggested to cover with 1/4" drywall. The root of the problem however is the balloon studs. If your exterior walls are open from the basement to the attic and the floor joists are side nailed to the studs, you need to bolt a ribbon-joist (2 x 12 or laminated beam) to the wall, held to the bottom of the floor joists. The joist should be reinforced with columns beneath it going all the way down to the foundation. I hope my answer applies to your problem.
2007-04-29 14:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by boogerboy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it wasnt originally taped you can do it, but if it was you have a bigger problem going on in the walls. Are your walls drywall or plaster. Look in basement or crawl space under where your walls are cracking and look at foundation for evidence of settling, cracks and water stains. Without seeing it with my own eyes it is hard to help you diagnose. can only give basic advice as to where to start looking..
2007-04-29 14:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by Nick S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it will not. You need to figure out why it's cracking. You may just have to put 1/4 in sheetrock over the wall(if it's only 1). If the all keeps crakcing that may be an indicator of something wrong with the wall or foundation below the wall.
2007-04-23 03:50:05 · answer #4 · answered by a_talis_man 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not unless it was never tape in first place you may have a lost wall board rip out you wal board and put in new
2007-04-23 03:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by derek48316 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First work in latex caulk then then Spackle over.
2007-04-30 04:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by jam55700 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
spackling is the trick . See home tips.com
2007-04-23 12:05:25 · answer #7 · answered by ab 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can self fix
2007-05-01 02:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by jeffrey b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would use plaster
2007-04-30 08:09:06 · answer #9 · answered by ocelot42001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋