My wall is broken!

**moT** · 28th September 2009, 22:30

Hey

i have a bit of a debate with my roommates can anyone tell me if this crack in my wall is caused by moisture or someone falling on it? we would like to know because we want to know if we need to fix it or not..

**Blackshear** · 28th September 2009, 22:32

I'm no chippy, but how does a wall crack from moisture, surely the expanding forces aren't THAT strong.

**moT** · 28th September 2009, 22:42

pic here...........

**Headbanger** · 28th September 2009, 22:45

The wall it butts into , is it concrete?

**moT** · 28th September 2009, 22:47

Originally Posted by Headbanger

The wall it butts into , is it concrete?

Nah its all jib, from further inspection it looks like it has been fallen into. What method or products do you guys reccomend so it looks like it has never happened. I dont want to loose bond or replace wall.

**Swoop** · 29th September 2009, 07:38

Originally Posted by Tom

Nah its all jib, from further inspection it looks like it has been fallen into. What method or products do you guys reccomend so it looks like it has never happened. I dont want to loose bond or replace wall.

Go to your local hardware shop. They will have a small tub of Plus4 gib stop. Either that, or there are a few products in a 1ltr container that are fine for patching a small hole.

Sure that isn't on a join line? It appears quite vertical.

**NinjaNanna** · 29th September 2009, 08:38

if you plaster it, you'll then have to paint it, and it looks to me like that is just plain jib with no finish on it???

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th September 2009, 08:48

What's the scale? That crack could be 100mm or 1000mm. It certainly appears to be the gibstopped join between 2 sheets, but no specified size makes it hard to be sure.

**Coldrider** · 29th September 2009, 09:06

Are you describing the seam or the perforated scrape mark to the left of the seam?

**NDORFN** · 29th September 2009, 09:10

It's a join between two sheets which should have been positioned on a stud. If it had a stud behind it, it wouldn't have cracked. So it's really the fault of whoever lined the walls.

**JimO** · 29th September 2009, 10:08

Originally Posted by NDORFN

It's a join between two sheets which should have been positioned on a stud. If it had a stud behind it, it wouldn't have cracked. So it's really the fault of whoever lined the walls.

no its not its the fault of whoever leaned on or ran into the wall

**NDORFN** · 29th September 2009, 10:09

Originally Posted by jimjim

no its not its the fault of whoever leaned on or ran into the wall

You've never leaned on or ran into a wall before?

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th September 2009, 10:12

Originally Posted by jimjim

no its not its the fault of whoever leaned on or ran into the wall

Nope. If the other guy is right, then it's poor construction practice that's at fault. You never have the edge of a gib sheet over a space in the framing.

**JimO** · 29th September 2009, 10:33

the fact remains that if the wall wasnt leaned on or ran into the damage wouldnt have happened. NDORFN i see your a joiner if you made a kitchen and i stood on the bench and a join in the bench opened up is that my fault for standing on it or yours for not joining it properly, i suspect the crack isnt where the impact was but along a bit where there was no framing allowing the gib to go in and pop the joint, having spent over 30 years in the bldg industry and worked on lots of damaged rentals i have seen it lots of times

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th September 2009, 10:37

Originally Posted by jimjim

the fact remains that if the wall wasnt leaned on or ran into the damage wouldnt have happened. NDORFN i see your a joiner if you made a kitchen and i stood on the bench and a join in the bench opened up is that my fault for standing on it or yours for not joining it properly

If you fitted a directional tyre to my bike, and I crashed because I expected a particular performance... whose fault?