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shingle reacted to Cheshire Cat's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with
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He'll be fine. My house has all these cracks and more, and it hasn't fallen down yet. Although I would get the drain fixed. -
shingle reacted to Cordwainer's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
The only thing I’d add, and in relation to cracks around window frames/cills etc is I had same issue which kept coming back. Got bored...
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shingle reacted to CorgiRegisteredFriend's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Our house is late Victorian and most rooms have either wall or ceiling cracks. We don’t even notice them now and they have been there...
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shingle reacted to Bodian's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Got a nice chap replacing our bathroom ceiling right at this very moment. Well - not replacing it, that makes a right mess - but...
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shingle reacted to Creaky's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Agree - as for cracks our house was only signed off by building control 8 weeks ago and there are a number of minor cracks. We had one...
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shingle reacted to Weststander's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
We didn’t have that. Finally got round to investigated by probing a bit, I came across wet plasterboard. The probing expanded as I...
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shingle reacted to deletebeepbeepbeep's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Bit of easy fill and a 5 minute job.
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shingle reacted to PILTDOWN MAN's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Normally that would show staining as well
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shingle reacted to Weststander's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
With the ceiling crack, is the ceiling itself bulging at all at that point? If not, imho just requiring decorating repairs one day. We...
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shingle reacted to PILTDOWN MAN's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
For the drain ideally you need to extend the pipework (easy to do) and end up looking like this. Repairing the wall is easy. You can...
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shingle reacted to PILTDOWN MAN's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
I agree but in the middle of the ceiling I find it doesn't work so well. Those cracks are where the plaster boards sheets butt up...
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shingle replied to the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please..Thanks for all the replies chaps, much appreciated.
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shingle reacted to B-right-on's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
Personally I like to use decorators caulk as it remains flexible, especially on the stairs where there's continuous movement between the...
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shingle reacted to PILTDOWN MAN's post in the thread [Help] Cracks in the ceiling, any advice please. with Like.
The cracks are nothing to worry about. When he decorates use a flat bladed screwdriver to "dig" into the crack. This gives filler...