EigenheimBW17
2017-12-30 22:30:35
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Hello everyone,
I am new here in the forum and generally a "beginner" on the topic of houses. I recently purchased a roughly 10-year-old timber-framed house. The interior walls are made with Fermacell, and all transitions to the ceiling have shadow gaps. As part of cosmetic renovation measures, I removed wallpaper and applied finely textured roller plaster. The walls under the wallpaper were very even, and the transitions between Fermacell plates were very cleanly plastered and even. Therefore, I only applied a primer and roller plaster.
After about a month, unfortunately, especially on the upper floor and at the corners of the rooms, long, thin cracks about one to two millimeters wide formed from ceiling to floor, unfortunately also very frayed. In a few places, cracks also appeared between two Fermacell plates on flat walls without a corner or at the window lintel.
Now to my questions.
Is it normal that after more than ten years the wood is still shifting and cracks are forming?
Why were no cracks visible under the wallpaper at the joints where plastering was done?
What is the best way to deal with this since just filling in will surely cause cracking again, right?
Thank you very much for your tips and a Happy New Year!
Eigenheimer
I am new here in the forum and generally a "beginner" on the topic of houses. I recently purchased a roughly 10-year-old timber-framed house. The interior walls are made with Fermacell, and all transitions to the ceiling have shadow gaps. As part of cosmetic renovation measures, I removed wallpaper and applied finely textured roller plaster. The walls under the wallpaper were very even, and the transitions between Fermacell plates were very cleanly plastered and even. Therefore, I only applied a primer and roller plaster.
After about a month, unfortunately, especially on the upper floor and at the corners of the rooms, long, thin cracks about one to two millimeters wide formed from ceiling to floor, unfortunately also very frayed. In a few places, cracks also appeared between two Fermacell plates on flat walls without a corner or at the window lintel.
Now to my questions.
Is it normal that after more than ten years the wood is still shifting and cracks are forming?
Why were no cracks visible under the wallpaper at the joints where plastering was done?
What is the best way to deal with this since just filling in will surely cause cracking again, right?
Thank you very much for your tips and a Happy New Year!
Eigenheimer