Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Sep 06, 2020 1:05 pm Re: Ceiling Cracking 3Sep 09, 2020 6:58 pm TheMasta Can you shoot a general photo of your ceiling? Which materials used to build your ceilings? I’ll try and get one tomorrow but it’s at my mums place. The ceiling is gyprock and they’ve used the ceiling tape at the joins. The ceiling was painted originally but when it began to sag and was re-fixed into place it was patched with some kind of patching compound. Re: Ceiling Cracking 4Sep 09, 2020 7:42 pm Dabroa TheMasta Can you shoot a general photo of your ceiling? Which materials used to build your ceilings? I’ll try and get one tomorrow but it’s at my mums place. The ceiling is gyprock and they’ve used the ceiling tape at the joins. The ceiling was painted originally but when it began to sag and was re-fixed into place it was patched with some kind of patching compound. Cracks between gyprock sheets are usually putty using a special mesh that serves as a reinforcement function. I think there is no need to invent something new here. Re: Ceiling Cracking 5Oct 08, 2020 11:25 pm as in the comment above, I also believe that you need to buy this ceiling mesh. It was like that for me and it helped me a lot. It is a pity that now there is no photo. Then this grid is not visible if you care about the visual effect Hello!) 1 6820 Thank you @ashington Homes for your reply! They just got back to me and offered credit for me to just take it as is. It was a less than quotes I got from ceiling… 6 1835 How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 6226 |