Posted: 3/7/2017 2:33:03 PM EDT
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I have window in my master bed room, and the inside corner has a crack in drywall. I think the 2x4 twisted, and pushed outward.
Anyway what am I looking at to repair this? Crack is maybe .030. Caulk and paint over a hope it does not come back? |
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How professional do you want it to look?
If that wood has twisted, it might well continue to move with the seasons. Lots depends on how long the crack is, and where it is. Anything from siliconized acrylic caulk as a filler, and then feather the paint over it, to running a floating patch over the area, to fixing the wood if that's bad enough. |
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Before you start repairing sheetrock you might want to
check out why the framework is twisting. Is the house new or is it several years old? Is there a moisture problem with the flashing around the window or above it at the roof line? Has there been drought conditions in the area causing the foundation to settle? If you are in the eastern part of Texas and have heavy rainfall like in the Houston area then make sure your rain runoff is being diverted away from the house foundation. Step cracking of exterior walls and foundation settling are often caused by homes not having a proper gutter system and the rain water is settling right against the home instead of being carried away with correct flashing and the proper length downspout and diverter. Many new homeowners don't understand why the diverters run so far away from their home and they remove them. They find out the hard way that the system was designed to carry water away from the home and it's foundation. |
| If it were me, I would caulk/vinyl spackle first. If it returns, then go deeper and explore cutting out the drywall. Like others said, I would inspect the root cause. If there is something visible from the outside to see if there was some sort of moisture exposure like a leak and or foundation problems. More than likely it is just a simple caulk and paint. Just my two cents. |
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How professional do you want it to look? If that wood has twisted, it might well continue to move with the seasons. Lots depends on how long the crack is, and where it is. Anything from siliconized acrylic caulk as a filler, and then feather the paint over it, to running a floating patch over the area, to fixing the wood if that's bad enough. this, caulk makes a good filler for small stuff |
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Attached File We got this action from a huge amount of snow on the roof. Waiting till summer to fix. |