Whats happened here?

[Mick34]

Hi,

I've moved into a new home and the plasterboard joins are very obvious.

The boards seem fastened the the studs well but as you can see the seam is obvious.

What has gone wrong and how can they be fixed?

Thanks

 

[Dropsalot]

Hi,

I've moved into a new home and the plasterboard joins are very obvious.

The boards seem fastened the the studs well but as you can see the seam is obvious.

What has gone wrong and how can they be fixed?

Thanks
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Oh dear ,
It would appear that the plaster has a severe reaction to the wallpaper!!..lol.
Seriously though, seems that the tapes might have let go of the boards. Scrape/cut them off, pva, scrim again and reskim the walls.

 

[Danny]

normally happens with paper tape

 

[gps]

normally happens with paper tape

How funny they are raving about it on the other thread lol

 

[thebearbeef]

Bloody sponge monkeys

 

[malc]

tapes have blown.
what do you mean your new home, is it a new build or house that is new to you?

 

[Danny]

How funny they are raving about it on the other thread lol

I know

 

[kebab king]

You may need knock the house down and build a new one im afraid.

 

[Vincey]

I blame the dabbers

 

[jamesthefirst]

As Squarehead has said we've all gone back to jobs to see the odd hairline and you won't with pa per tape applied correctly. Anyone says they havnt had cracks is lying!

 

[Mick34]

Sorry, its not a new home, its late 60's. If it was a problem with the tape would the plaster be loose at the raised areas? Its just that everything seems solid, its just raised at all the seams.

 

[duke163]

If it's still solid the taping was done poorly originally. Paper taped applied seam side out will often bulge out and won't go back . Scrape it right off and get it reskimmed.

 

[Mick34]

Thanks everyone, I'll get scraping. I just can't believe someone's manged to mess up every single join

 

[Natwasere]

If it's all solid skim it out flat? Maybe bond it and skim it, so long as it's solid obviously.

 

[Clutch & Tap]

It looks like a 'tape and board' job, I would suspect many of your rooms have been done this way. It does look to be a pretty poor job. My advice would be the same as already mentioned. Take the paper off, scrim the joints and skim the wall.

Dry-lining is popular now for speed and the tape and joint system advertises walls ready to paint with skim.

The problem with Dry-lining is it does nothing for 'Acoustics' in a property, literally making the walls paper thin. If you have the time and money it might be worth your while to get all the walls skimmed.

 

[Curry]

It looks like a 'tape and board' job, I would suspect many of your rooms have been done this way. It does look to be a pretty poor job. My advice would be the same as already mentioned. Take the paper off, scrim the joints and skim the wall.

Dry-lining is popular now for speed and the tape and joint system advertises walls ready to paint with skim.

The problem with Dry-lining is it does nothing for 'Acoustics' in a property, literally making the walls paper thin. If you have the time and money it might be worth your while to get all the walls skimmed.

What's 2mm of gypsum skim gonna do to better the acoustic properties of the wall?

 

[Clutch & Tap]

What's 2mm of gypsum skim gonna do to better the acoustic properties of the wall?

Never done 2mm, 3mm makes a difference though

 

[Natwasere]

That job will probably take upto 5mm lol

 

[Dropsalot]

That job will probably take upto 5mm lol

5ml,........5ml.......that's 3 coat work!!!!!....And here I am just trying to get used to being a one coat sponge monkey.....pffft

 

[Mick34]

I cut a section out to see if I could find anything obvious.

 

[Natwasere]

Why did you do that? Just plaster it and be done with it lol