Peeling Drywall Tape

panthro

panthro

panthro

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My ceiling has a hair line crack all along, roughly one 1.5" away from the edge where it meets the wall. Its started bubbling/fraying slightly so I pulled some away. After some quick googling it seems to be drywall tape that has come loose.
Whats the best way round this? Peel off all the old tape and reapply new tape? I'm just about to paint the whole room, but worried about this as I am rubbish at DIY.
 
Panthro,

buy yourself some drywall paper tape and a some jointing compound.
Butter the edge of wall and ceiling pushing the jointing compound into the crack.
Apply the tape along the ceiling/wall edge ( the tape has a perforation that can be folded).
Push the tape into the jointing compound with a trowel or taping knife.
Apply more compound over the tape, again run the knife or trowel over the tape to cover it. Dont overdo it.
Now for a DIYer let it set and then sand it.

Job done

I would suggest you by drywall adhesive rather than jointing compound, it is considerably cheaper.



Good luck
 
Thanks for the reply. I'll go to B&Q later and buy some tape. Is there any particular brand of jointing compound I should buy?
 
Usel said:
I would get the fibre glass tape rather than the paper tape, but each to their own.
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I think it was fibreglass tape previously, judging by the look of it (sparkly finish to it). Why is the fibreglass tape better?

Does this tape even serve any purpose?
 
Fibre tape is meshed, it works the same as a plaster cast for broken bones. It adds the strength to the joint being filled.
 
The tape is used to fill the gap between the sheets of dry wall and also between the dry wall and the cieling. you put the tape on then cover with joint cement. So rather than plastering the entire wall you are just covering the gaps in drywall, sand it down and then paint the wall.

Its a more cost effective way of doing it, but some would say it doesn't leave as good a finish as plastering the entire wall.
 
Thanks guys. Is this an easy job to do? I am rubbish at DIY but I don't want to pay someone unless 100% necessary.

Bearing in mind I so useless that I managed to mess up the simple job of sanding down polyfilla.
 
I had the same issue a few years back in a few small patches. I just removed the small sections and filled with normal wall filler. Sanded down and it was completely invisible. It never showed any signs of reappearing.
If it was longer runs you will have more of an issue I guess.

I am sure its only a time thing, ie its a lot faster to cover the gap with some tape than to fill it traditionally when first fixing.
 
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