Over year ago I had popcorn ceiling plastered over during my move-in. Through the past while I've noticed on my upstairs hallway ceiling, there are cracks forming.
Im not sure if it is due to the natural swaying of the house, or the humidity isn't high enough (Always at a minimum of 30% throughout the year with the central humidifier), or if it is a foundation issue.
This is the only part that these cracks appear.
I am looking for any advice/suggestions on:
1. Why this is happening.
2. The best way to go about fixing this and preventing it from happening in the future.
It’s normal to an extent, the tape normally pulls away from joint. In your case, regular mud was probably used for all coats. You can lift the tape and put some glue, mud, silicone there to seat it. You might be able to get away with spackling compound to fix cracks.
sherwoodRFD wrote: ↑
It could be that the tape was cut through during the popcorn removal. The person then added a layer of thin mud to cover the damage.
Yeah thats possible... something odd is going on here, we might be missing some info.
To fix it I would likely cut it out, prefill with durabond 90 or something, then retape it.
Thanks so much to those who offered advice.
I uploaded a closeup image (Did the best I could with my phone).
I originally had a contractor do my ceilings, and will hire someone else to fix this.
Just wondering how much you think this will cost to fix? Just don't want to get ripped off when searching for people to help me with this. (Im not very handy)
weirdlogic wrote: ↑
Thanks so much to those who offered advice.
I uploaded a closeup image (Did the best I could with my phone).
I originally had a contractor do my ceilings, and will hire someone else to fix this.
Just wondering how much you think this will cost to fix? Just don't want to get ripped off when searching for people to help me with this. (Im not very handy)
Thanks!
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Don't forget you may need to prime and paint the ceiling after it's fixed... you could get lucky since it white and get away with touchup.... depends how the lighting is in that area if you will notice it. I'm a little OCD
As others have said, it looks like a poor-ish job exacerbated by movement of the house and moisture swings. IMO, I would cut out at the corners, tape, re-mud and repaint. If you have the same wall and ceiling paint, you might get away with just touch-ups. It's hard to know without seeing the room in person so hopefully it isn't as bad as I think it is.
I always upvote respectful/helpful posts wherever I encounter them.
Personally, I'd caulk it and forget about it for a while.
Chances are more issues are going to pop up and fixing this small area now means you'll most likely be playing whack-a-mole for the next few years. Or you redo the whole thing and now you're paying for work that might not have needed to be fixed.
Caulk it and see what shows up next winter when the humidity drops again and the house has gone through another full year of temperature fluctuations.
