Rigips boards damaged and only spackled :-(

hello everyone, we had the assembly of our prefabricated house last week and next week the takeover of the shell construction is supposed to take place. Now we were briefly back in the house (unfortunately we do not have a key) and had to find that the damages on the drywall panels were only filled with putty.

One panel had a large corner broken off --- now there is putty (without drywall panel) there.

Over three panels there was a continuous crack --- now there is putty there.

Two panels were deeply indented, diameter about 15 cm --- now there is putty there.

Between a few panels we had quite wide longitudinal joints (about 12 mm) --- now there is putty there.

and this basically runs throughout the whole house....

No damaged drywall panel was replaced or repaired, it was only filled over so that no one can see it.

Do we have to accept this or can we insist that new panels be installed there.

It is already outrageous how every smallest piece of drywall panel was reused, but of course, the company doesn’t have to fill the joints, we do :-(

It's not nice, but common... the filler consists of the same basic materials, so there shouldn't be any problems afterwards... where no tape was embedded and at the transitions from wall to ceiling it will crack anyway, even if the boards are replaced... And the filler is simply part of it... even the million screw heads are covered with it... so why not the joints and damaged spots?

Attention, layperson's opinion:

In the transition area between wood/drywall, you have to work with mesh tape or similar anyway, because it will move differently and consequently hairline cracks will occur. In my opinion, simply filling is not enough. This is also time-consuming, depending on how the surface will be worked on further, it really has to be uniformly smooth.

Have you considered having the company do it?

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

So our interior fitter, who did the entire attic (drywall panels on ceilings, walls, boxes and claddings around the roof windows), has just finished the boxes around the windows and similar fiddly work (slanted wall meeting roof slope, etc.) all made from panel pieces and lots of filler. He also filled in a box drilling that I had wrongly placed. Always tape and metal edges embedded in the corners with filler.

It has held without cracks or anything similar since 2009, everything perfect.

Our installation was on Wednesday and judging by the pictures, it is the same manufacturer. So far, we have only been able to find one crack. Nothing has broken off anywhere. Unfortunately, I cannot assess to what extent this is really relevant with regard to a possible defect. On Tuesday, there is a handover of the house together with our expert. I can ask then...

It is already outrageous how every tiny piece of drywall board is reused, but of course, the company doesn't have to fill the joints, we do :-(

Is it? Or is it rather the case that layman's opinion is not always the yardstick ...?

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**Gypsum**

Gypsum plasters are only suitable as interior plasters because they are sensitive to moisture. They combine many positive properties for the interior: they are slightly breathable, moisture-regulating, heat-retaining, fast-setting, fire- and sound-resistant. Natural gypsum is completely free of harmful substances.

By the way, your contractor – if he had the painting work commissioned – would not encounter a different initial situation either

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