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axel
hello, I am looking for some advice please. We had our ensuite redone in November and fully retiled. Last week I noticed fine vertical hair line cracks in two points extending up 6 tiles in one place and extending up 9 tiles in another, about 1 m apart. This wall is a false partition wall made from plasterboard I think. There are small gaps in all 4 upper corners and one crack in a corner which is made up of two exterior walls. I asked the person who did the bathroom to come and have a look and he said he had never seen anything like it before and was worried about something major like subsidence. I contacted our insurance company who sent someone out. They ruled out subsidence (which is a relief) and said they thought the problem was caused by thermal expansion at the plasterboard joints and that the only way really to avoidthis was to have taped the plasterboards before skimming and to use a flexible adhesive. I fed this back to our builder who said he never heard of such a thing and asked me to get another opinion.
Is this something you have heard of? Is it common? should be my builder have heard of it? Who else can I ask for an opinion ( other than yourselves, which I am grateful for). I don't want to attribute blame or anything I just want to understand what e problem is so I can get it fixed, I have a baby and 4 year old who will end up using this bathroom so want to get it fixed properly.
Is this something you have heard of? Is it common? should be my builder have heard of it? Who else can I ask for an opinion ( other than yourselves, which I am grateful for). I don't want to attribute blame or anything I just want to understand what e problem is so I can get it fixed, I have a baby and 4 year old who will end up using this bathroom so want to get it fixed properly.
