I have a crack in the my plastered living room ceiling along the join between the main ceiling and the ceiling above the bay window. Any advice on how to repair such that is doesn't reappear. Would "No more cracks" do the job?
Recurring Ceiling crack
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Andy,
First of all, I wouldn't use "No More Cracks". That is only cosmetic, and would not do as a permanent repair in your situation. You say it's a plastered ceiling, but is it lath and plaster or plasterboard? .......I will have more to say on this later,(tonight) I have to rush off.
Roughcaster.
First of all, I wouldn't use "No More Cracks". That is only cosmetic, and would not do as a permanent repair in your situation. You say it's a plastered ceiling, but is it lath and plaster or plasterboard? .......I will have more to say on this later,(tonight) I have to rush off.
Roughcaster.
It's definately plasterboard under the plaster on the main ceiling. I've never has occasion to drill into the ceiling above the bay window so can't be sure what that is, but I presume that would be plasterboard also.
when plasterboarding a building you are aware of vulnerable locations that are liable to cause trouble (cracks). for example, where a stud wall joins a masonry wall (in-line), then it would be prudent for a plasterboard to fully cover this join, and not to have two separate pieces of board meeting on this join
it is in these locations, that wisdom suggests carrying a whole plasterboard across the vulnerable location would be in the best interests of the job. unfortunately, some builders would see it as an unnecessary wast of time.
it is in these locations, that wisdom suggests carrying a whole plasterboard across the vulnerable location would be in the best interests of the job. unfortunately, some builders would see it as an unnecessary wast of time.
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Forget no more cracks or any other surface applied filler for that matter. The only chance you’ve got is to reinforce the joint with several overlapping layers of reinforcing tape, re-plaster the whole bay & blend this out over the main ceiling area. This can be very successful on ceilings in general & it’s also worked where I’ve had a stud partition meet a solid wall but on a bay window, you will have the problem of temperature related differential expansion between 2 areas so there can be no guarantee the crack will not re-appear.
As already suggested, the mistake was in the positioning of the original plasterboard sheets; the joint should never have been located directly below where the bay window meets the main structure but, in most cases, they either don’t think about it or don’t care; you could over-board & re-plaster the whole ceiling!
As already suggested, the mistake was in the positioning of the original plasterboard sheets; the joint should never have been located directly below where the bay window meets the main structure but, in most cases, they either don’t think about it or don’t care; you could over-board & re-plaster the whole ceiling!
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