On Sat, 16 May 2020 03:52:00 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 May 2020 23:54:36 +0100, dpb wrote:

On 5/15/2020 4:02 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
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Why can't it still crack the flush plaster you put over the tape?

The paper if flexible enough to give.

But you have plaster over it! So what if the tape gives,

It doesn't.

If the boards don't move apart, the plaster wouldn't have cracked anyway. If they do, the tape won't help.

the plaster over it will still crack.

Surely gypsum board is in use throughout the world; can't be only US.

Yes but we call is plasterboard in the UK. Horrid stuff, try removing it.