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Posted by Glenn on January 4, 2007, 11:39 am
PS to the below. If you don't want to buy a whole roll of tape
for a 12" crack, a strip of paper from a paper grocery sack will
work just fine.
>
> Gary KW4Z wrote:
>> We plan on selling our current home in a year or so and upon
>> doing
>> inspections to find possible flaws or common problems that will
>> need to be
>> addressed to help sell the home I noticed a drywall crack
>> extending from the
>> top corner of a room opening to the edge of the second level
>> floor in an
>> open foyer (open from lower level to upper level). This crack
>> is visible in
>> the drywall and looks bad and I would like to get rid of it to
>> keep it from
>> being an issue with a home inspector or potential buyer. The
>> home is about
>> 4 to 5 years old.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to eliminate this crack, most likely caused
>> due to some
>> settling, without causing some major problems to the drywall.
>> The crack
>> extends at about a 45 degree angle, upwards, and about for 18
>> inches.
>
> You need something to hold things together- either open-mesh
> glass
> tape, or
> the traditional paper tape, work fine; the glass is thicker.
> Your
> technique can
> be a limiting factor in the mudding part.
>
> What I'd do: sand the area lightly about 6" either side of crack
> (don't
> fuzz up
> the paper on the wallboard), removing whatever's loose in the
> crack.
> Then "tape"
> it like any other drywall joint, keeping layers as thin as
> possible.
> Scrape
> the area after each coat dries to remove any high spots, which
> should
> be few.
>
> Prime & paint.
>
> Just stuffing anything _into_ gap won't git-er-done.
>
> J
>
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