Drywall Seams are Buckling/bulging? I purchased a home that is give or take a few 5...
I purchased a home that is give or take a few 5 years old. Prior to moving into the house, at hand were no unknown problems beside the drywall.
Fast forward about 15 months, and very soon some of the seams contained by the drywall on the ceiling are bulging outward into the room. This is happening on both the top floor and the primary floor, with the top floor anyone the worst.
I do not believe the problem is due to a foundation issue. I have found no significant cracks surrounded by the foundation either from the interior or after a stride around the exterior. The bulges in the drywall are also 90 degree to the trusses on the 2nd floor (I would expect a foundation issue would break the drywall parallel to the trusses in the thin area...not sure though, never have a foundation issue).
I was thinking that the builder might hold just done a crappy opportunity of fastening the drywall and taping (or famine of tape) the joints.
Anyone hold any ideas why this might be up and/or any ideas on how to fix it?
Answers: There could be several resons. First, there could a problem near humidity in the building. Expansion can be a direct result of giant humidity. The house may have vent problems, i.e., not enough attic freshening. Lack of ventilation can make happen moisture (humidity) buildup, and if it can't get out--LOOK OUT. The contractor may also hold put poly sheeting on the ceiling. Many areas of the country mandate this, but I have see a couple of instances where trapped moisture between the poly and drywall can grounds buckling, and even sagging of hte drywall. Moisture and humidity can also exact, with no material solution in mind, an unusual amount of expansion within the wooden framing of the house, and cause this buckling within some joints of the house. I hold that problem, and I repair it nearly every year. To avoid this problem in apartment / commercial buildings, professional drywallers use metal 'expansion joints'. These metal joint allow the drywall to expand and 'creep', without cause the ugly buckling and disrupt to the joints it can end in. (the butt or raw seam, mostly) . This problem is always prevelent surrounded by LOOOOONG hallways, thus the entail for these expansion joints.
The simply thing else I could suggest is to contact a REPUTABLE drywaller (ask around, especially at lumber yards), and for a REPUTABLE building contractor. Without taking a long tough look at your dwelling, this is all the info I can distribute.....
this is probably poor workmanship in the sagging and finishing of the drywall. If the wrong materials are used, or if applied incorrectly, this happens. you will probably find a seam underneath the bulging areas. You will inevitability lots of paint, sandpaper, drywall mud, and drywall tape. Acouple of putty knife as well. You could own a "settling" issue, but if it was significant, you would see cracks first performance up most likely.