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Cracking spackle around shower stall...ideas?
I have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap from where the wall board ends and the top
of my shower stal. When painting the room last fall, I filled in the gap with spackle in several layers. Now, it is cracked where the wall meets the spackle. I also caulked the area. Any suggestions on how to not have it crack. Thanks John |
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Cracking spackle around shower stall...ideas?
John W wrote:
I have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap from where the wall board ends and the top of my shower stal. When painting the room last fall, I filled in the gap with spackle in several layers. Now, it is cracked where the wall meets the spackle. I also caulked the area. Any suggestions on how to not have it crack. Thanks John I can't really see it so this may not apply, but spackling does not bend, so if the door opening and closing is causing any movement of that area, spackling will fail. You may need to better secure the door and drywall. -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
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Cracking spackle around shower stall...ideas?
Also consider the moisture a shower puts out, maybe silicone might have been
a better choice? BetsyB "Joseph Meehan" wrote in message ... John W wrote: I have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap from where the wall board ends and the top of my shower stal. When painting the room last fall, I filled in the gap with spackle in several layers. Now, it is cracked where the wall meets the spackle. I also caulked the area. Any suggestions on how to not have it crack. Thanks John I can't really see it so this may not apply, but spackling does not bend, so if the door opening and closing is causing any movement of that area, spackling will fail. You may need to better secure the door and drywall. -- Joseph Meehan Dia 's Muire duit |
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Cracking spackle around shower stall...ideas?
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:57:29 -0400, "John W" wrote:
I have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap from where the wall board ends and the top of my shower stal. When painting the room last fall, I filled in the gap with spackle in several layers. Now, it is cracked where the wall meets the spackle. I also caulked the area. Any suggestions on how to not have it crack. Thanks John Yep, silicone or latex caulking would have prevented that problem. |
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Cracking spackle around shower stall...ideas?
"John W" wrote in message ... |I have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap from where the wall board ends and the top | of my shower stal. When painting the room last fall, I filled in the gap | with spackle in several layers. Now, it is cracked where the wall meets the | spackle. I also caulked the area. Any suggestions on how to not have it | crack. Thanks | | John | | a piece a trim molding works great to hide the gap and gives the shower stall a little more character. or use mesh tape and joint compound instead of spackle. |
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