"Xeno" wrote in message
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On 17/5/20 10:41 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2020 03:52:00 +0100, Rod Speed
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"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.

Since the plasterboard sheets are attached to the same studs, one above
the other, it would be a miracle if they moved in relation to each other.

Pity about the vertical joins.

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.