A few months ago, I removed a door between the kitchen and the bedroom, and they sealed it up...now some cracks have started to appear where the door used to be...
otherwise, the wall is smooth and nice...the cracks have appeared inward, so I'm wondering if I should put up some kind of fabric, or something...like recover...because if I were to fill it again, new cracks would probably appear, right?
otherwise, the wall is smooth and nice...the cracks have appeared inward, so I'm wondering if I should put up some kind of fabric, or something...like recover...because if I were to fill it again, new cracks would probably appear, right?
It is completely normal.
You should have placed a fiberglass tape intended for drywall seams in the joints, then spackle over it and sand it. To make it look nice now, you might need to start by sanding it down so that it is a bit lower, then apply the seam tape and spackle. It is perfectly fine to put renovation fabric over it afterward if you want, but not without seam tape.
You should have placed a fiberglass tape intended for drywall seams in the joints, then spackle over it and sand it. To make it look nice now, you might need to start by sanding it down so that it is a bit lower, then apply the seam tape and spackle. It is perfectly fine to put renovation fabric over it afterward if you want, but not without seam tape.
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You should probably ask for fiberglass strip.
Fiberglass tape is usually used around heavy cartons.
You can glue the strip, but it's best to patch it directly, with the roll in one hand and the putty knife in the other hand. Start at the top. If you glue it, it can become a bit thicker, and you don't have room for that.
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Fiberglass tape is usually used around heavy cartons.
You can glue the strip, but it's best to patch it directly, with the roll in one hand and the putty knife in the other hand. Start at the top. If you glue it, it can become a bit thicker, and you don't have room for that.
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Okay then I know... are there different widths for the fiberglass tape?
Maybe I should say that it wasn't me who did the job... I hired a company that did the work in June. And now it's starting to crack a little in the bedroom wall... but only on one side and at the top...
I don't know if I should tackle it myself, or if I should contact the company and see what they can do...
Maybe I should say that it wasn't me who did the job... I hired a company that did the work in June. And now it's starting to crack a little in the bedroom wall... but only on one side and at the top...
I don't know if I should tackle it myself, or if I should contact the company and see what they can do...
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Let it be for a while longer so it has time to dry completely.
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I tried with paper but the "right" filler was only available in 10 or 20 kg cans. The painter who was standing next to me in line at the paint shop used fiberglass, so I did too.
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No, it doesn't crack with the fiberglass tape, but it is considered more professional with fiberglass. The fiberglass tape is sticky, so you apply it directly, while the paper tape is set in a thin layer of filler and then spread filler over without accidentally pulling the tape. The fiberglass variant is therefore much more manageable for us amateurs.
There is a warranty on such jobs, so you can just make a claim and ask why they didn't use any tape. They have to correct the job (including final painting of course!) or give you your money back.
Only amateurs make such mistakes. We, for example. A carpenter closed a door for us a few years ago, but we did the spackling ourselves, and didn't know about this cracking issue back then. Now we know better, so now that it needs repainting, we will redo it and do it right.
There is a warranty on such jobs, so you can just make a claim and ask why they didn't use any tape. They have to correct the job (including final painting of course!) or give you your money back.
Only amateurs make such mistakes. We, for example. A carpenter closed a door for us a few years ago, but we did the spackling ourselves, and didn't know about this cracking issue back then. Now we know better, so now that it needs repainting, we will redo it and do it right.
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Not all fiberglass strips are sticky, buy the right kind.
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Haha, no, I was tired and wrote wrong, it's the paper strips that are considered more professional, probably because it's more traditional, and harder to use. A bit like you can't really drive a car if you only drive an automatic ;-)bigsnucke said: