Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up 6Mar 06, 2012 10:37 am thanks fellas. That gives me a bit of an idea of what to do and what to use to be able to do it. It will take a copule of breaks away before I get it done. Will let everyone know how badly I stuffed this one up. lol. Cheers Ddgy Roger Re: Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up 7Mar 07, 2012 5:19 am Depending on the look your after you could use a capping for the top and sides, either timber or stone and finish up to that [no corners] Landscape Design & Construction http://cherub.squarespace.com/ Re: Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up 8Feb 24, 2014 9:21 am Magnesium Oxide Board would have been the best option if you were to start again. Blueboard is old technology and is expensive, heavy, hard to work with and not really water proof. (if you immerse in water for 2 days it will turn to papermash) MGO board ive used on heaps of projects and is an awesome product ! google it and see what im talking about up to a few months ago i had only used blueboard on all my projects, we used blueboard on the outside of my up and under renovations. I just accepted that was the price we had to pay for blueboard like everybody else i thought blueboard was the only option for a strong water proof cladding for outside and inside. but....... im all about reducing my costs on every home renovation me and my partner to and the blueboard bills just kept going up. then i found MGO board (magnesium oxide board) boy what a mouth full ! MGO comes in all sizes and thicknesses. just google "MGO Board "or wikipedia it and you will see what im talking about - Re: Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up 9Feb 24, 2014 7:40 pm 2 days - wow. Who'd have thought it. ! Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. In my opinion, this is because the posts are built in control joint way. Control joints are normally placed in non-structural floating slab at maximum 3.0m spacing. So if… 3 5906 Ground movement due to stormwater discharge from disconnected downpipe in combination of lack of isolation joints between the external pavement and building. This is from… 2 8461 Pelli69 It is super normal for new homes to move as they settle in over the first year or two. Usually we find that some minor cracking may occur in gyprock, especially… 2 7372 |