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Default Preventing a crack in a plasterboard ceiling.

On 26/10/2020 16:10, Andy Burns wrote:
alan_m wrote:

+1
Paper tape and plasterboard joint filler


I prefer the fibreglass mesh tape.



Many youtube videos indicate for corners paper is always used.
For patching flat walls etc. (where no movement is expected) mesh can be
used.

Before I embarked on re-boarding a couple of ceilings I watched a LOT of
youtube videos on "drywall" and jointing including quite a few on the
mesh vs paper

Just search Youtube for mesh vs paper
Example: (on of many on a similar theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhsbU6lTrnM

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