vivienz Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 As my building settles and the newly skimmed plaster dries out, the usual hairline cracks are appearing here and there, mostly along beading lines. Whilst my scaffolding is still up in here, is there anything I should do about these, or should I just live with them a while and revisit once the building has settled some more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I think it is worth waiting a year, unless there are bits that will be a real pain to get to later on (like your swimming pool ceiling or the tiger enclosure). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan52 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Let it sit for a year even 18 months and it will move and crack and hopefully that will be that. Then you can sort out the cracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I agree, let it sit for at least a year. I went around filling minor settlement/shrinkage cracks too soon, and now have to go around again re-doing them sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienz Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Excellent. Anything that saves on a bit of effort now is a plus. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yes best to wait But when you fill them You will need to make them bigger Press a screwdriver or blunt paint scraper to make a V All the way along the crack and will stop them re. cracking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Is this a TF house ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Nearly a year on and I have lots of cracks, mostly at the corner beading but some along the ceiling. Going to be @ b*****r to get them all invisibly mended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Sadly there doesn't seem to be any way to prevent cracks developing in the first year or two after a new house has been built, be nice if there was. We've now owned three new houses since 1992, and all suffered from cracks in the plaster in the first year or two. Doesn't seem to matter what the construction method is, either. It was clear that our last house had been (badly) repaired where old cracks in the plaster hadn't been properly filled, and that was block and brick with plastered block internal walls. I spent ages going around raking out badly filled cracks when we first bought that house, and cursing the Polyfilla maniac who had just gone around smearing the stuff over the top then painting it. If only they'd done it properly, and vee'd out the crack, filled it, sanded it smooth and then painted it I'd have not have had to spend a couple of days fixing things properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienz Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 2 hours ago, scottishjohn said: Is this a TF house ? Yes. An MBC build with passive slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 will be the timber frame shrinking and moving about --will settle in good time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Always lots more cracking on TF Timber stud wall are a real problem Even on block Mf doesn’t shrink or move We also add a deflection head to allow some lateral movement We have to allow for a 100 mill of lateral movemt on some of the warehouses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 If you get I-------- windows your frame will have done all its moving before they have finished the install! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Glad to hear it's not just confined to block built houses. Some of these boarders are rough too joining boards in line with window reveals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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