Are expansion joints necessary for woodchip wallpaper?

Hello everyone,

we are scheduled to hand over our new apartment in November. The wallpapering work in the apartment is already completed.

During the last inspection of our apartment, we noticed 2-3 mm wide joints (2-3 mm) between individual woodchip wallpaper strips.

Overall, this looks very unsightly. After consulting with our architect, we received the following feedback.

"The expansion joints between non-load-bearing gypsum board walls and the load-bearing walls are necessary so that movements in the building do not transfer to the gypsum board walls and cause uncontrolled cracks there."

As a layperson, I cannot assess this statement. Is this statement correct?

Can you please help me?

Thank you very much!

Between each track? Then it is definitely something different than what your construction supervisor means. If there are very many, the work was simply done sloppily

No, these "expansion joints" are only in 5 places in the apartment. The architect was also able to mark them on the floor plan of the apartment. Whenever a non-load-bearing gypsum board wall meets a load-bearing wall, there is such a joint.

Could someone else perhaps give me feedback on this?

A photo would be helpful.

Unfortunately, I will not be back in the apartment until the end of this week. For this reason, I searched for similar pictures online. The photo shows a gap that is wider in my apartment. 2 mm.

Then the expansion joint makes sense in my eyes. Maybe it can be covered up a bit more. For example, smear a little acrylic very thinly over it or something similar. You probably won’t see this joint later on anyway. Especially once there are furniture placed there.