I've noticed that in the corners of stud walls that a fair few
vertical cracks have appeared.

Assuming these are small cracks, it is possible that when the skim coat went
on, no tape was applied where the walls and/or ceilings meet. This leads to
a greater level of cracking due to natural building movement.

Christian.

In article , Christian
McArdle writes
I've noticed that in the corners of stud walls that a fair few
vertical cracks have appeared.

Assuming these are small cracks, it is possible that when the skim coat went
on, no tape was applied where the walls and/or ceilings meet. This leads to
a greater level of cracking due to natural building movement.

Or if like my house, the walls are not skimmed, they are just bare
plasterboard filled at the joins. Cracks tend to appear at the edge of
the tape and at the edge of the filler.

That flexible acrylic decorator's filler seems to work OK, but you
always get some cracks.
--
Tim Mitchell

Baffie wrote:

I've just moved into this place recently and have papered/painted
walls.
Within a month of painting, (two or three coats of magnolia emulsion)
I've noticed that in the corners of stud walls that a fair few
vertical cracks have appeared.
They're not long continual cracks but a series of small ones that have
appeared within 75mm of either side of the corner
Should I be worried about these?
What's the best method to stop the cracks from reappearing?
cheers,


Please reply to the newsgroup - it's not my email address in the header!!

If its stud walls it will sadly continue to happen for some time. You
nearly always get some shrinkage as the timber goes from 'in the
builders yard' to 'inside with heating' type moisture levels.

My advice is to ignore it for at least a year, and then work out how to
fill and repaint the affected reas.

Baffie wrote:
I've just moved into this place recently and have papered/painted
walls.
Within a month of painting, (two or three coats of magnolia emulsion)
I've noticed that in the corners of stud walls that a fair few
vertical cracks have appeared.
They're not long continual cracks but a series of small ones that have
appeared within 75mm of either side of the corner
Should I be worried about these?
What's the best method to stop the cracks from reappearing?

Were the walls previously papered? If so, this sort of thing
does happen if the wallpaper paste isn't cleaned off *very*
thoroughly. The wall should not feel slimy or slippery at all
when it's damp from washing down. If you hang lining paper
and paint that, it should solve the problem. If you hang it
carefully and well, you won't realise it's there! Failing
that, scrape/wash/fill/rub down where needed, then re-paint.