Plasterboard cracking at internal corners

Causes

Building movement; framing shrinkage

Earthquake shaking 

Listed under: Interior, plaster and fibrous plaster, plasterboard, earthquakes, framing, linings, walls

Cause

Building movement; framing shrinkage

Repair

  • if cracking or damage of the internal corners is not too severe fill gaps or cracks wider than 3 mm with gypsum stopping compound according to the manufacturer’s instructions then sand, seal and paint 

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Cause

Earthquake shaking 

Repair

  • you can download at no charge the BRANZ bulletin BU548 Repairing plasterboard after an earthquake
  • if cracking or damage is not too severe fill gaps or cracks wider than 3 mm with gypsum stopping compound according to the manufacturer’s instructions then sand, seal and paint 

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