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Cracks in new plaster?

Posted by Cheryl Woodruff, on
I had a new bathroom fitted in summer. Ceiling and walls were plastered several fine straight lines have appeared in ceiling and one on wall- is this to be expexted? What do i do about them as i have painted the walls and ceiling.
Mostafa Tavengar

Mostafa Tavengar

Hi Cheryl, I take by "fine lines" you mean cracks? If so, this is a worrying sign as it certainly should not be the case, however, cracks can be caused by any number of things, particularly changes in temperature or vibration...do you live by a busy road perhaps? I would suggest leaving it to settle for a few months and, as long as they have not got much worse, then filling them with a thin scraping of decorating filler and repainting. Good luck! Mostafa Bedford Building Maintenance
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Alistair Ewen

Alistair Ewen

Hi Cheryl common problem.The. Lines you see are. The edges of the plaster boards used on the. Walls and ceiling. Sounds like no scrim tape has been used on the joints beor fore plastering the only way to fix properly is to pva walls scrim joints and replaster. Regards woodbutcher3666 ie
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Gary Branch

Gary Branch

Hi Cheryl there shouldn't be cracks on ceiling or walls , you can buy easy fill from Travis Perkins Mix a tiny amount fill in cracks and re paint , there's not much else you can do Gary branch plastering
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DAVID HUNTER

DAVID HUNTER

Contact the Plasterer who carried out the work ,and ask him if he fibre taped all the joints/ cracks.If he did,nt its down to him to rectify, free of charge DS Plasterers
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Peter Ward

Peter Ward

Yes sounds like it could be due to plasterer failing to scrim joints or repaired incorrectly I would call the plasterer who should be more than happy to call round to check for you . awardplastering
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steve ralph

steve ralph

The joints sound like they have not been scrime taped plasterers fault try contacting plasterer for repair regardes steve
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Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

It sounds like the joints haven't been scrim taped was it plastered over new gyprock? U should call the plasterer back out its his responsibility your new plaster shouldn't crack
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Valentine Powell

Valentine Powell

Cracks shouldn't appear it sounds like it hasn't been scrimed the cracks need to be cored out and filled with easy fill then when dry sanded down&painted
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Steve Belcher

Steve Belcher

Hi Cheryl, It depends on how bad the cracks are, if really bad fiba tape or scrim may not have been applied before plastering This will need doing, then PVA and a re-skim However if just hairline cracks you may just need to open them a little with a stanley knife and use agood filler before re-painting Regards Steve B
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Alistair Ewen

Alistair Ewen

Hi Cheryl common problem.The. Lines you see are. The edges of the plaster boards used on the. Walls and ceiling. Sounds like no scrim tape has been used on the joints beor fore plastering the only way to fix properly is to pva walls scrim joints and replaster. Regards woodbutcher3666 ie
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Anthony Homewood

This should not happen but occasionaly does, what i usually recommend is that you run a stanley knife along the cracks then fill the cracks with polyfiller, leave to dry sand down to a smooth finish and repaint.
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