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We have been getting a regularly occuring problem with kitchen countertops. It seems that in the wintertime the walls are pulling away from the backsplash tearing any caulking loose and just making a really ugly looking countertop that looks to the average person like very poor workmanship. I have seen them pull away as much as 3/8 inch! I just spent most of this week doing punch-list stuff in many of our recently sold homes, and this was the biggest “item” in all of them! This seems to be happening mostly on exterior walls ( but not exclusively) which indicates to me that it is related to the temperarure change. I also suspect that since this did not seem to be a problem five to ten years ago, that it also is being caused by this “new” “green” lumber that we are being forced to use due to the high demand and slow turnaround of trees.
All that being said, have you guys been experiencing this problem? what ideas have you come up with to prevent or at least combat this? I am in Iowa, so there is always going to be a huge rift in the extreme summer to winter temperatures, and I’m sure that is at least part of the cause.
What do you guys think? Opinions? Suggestions? Helpful hints?
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We have been getting a regularly occuring problem with kitchen countertops. It seems that in the wintertime the walls are pulling away from the backsplash tearing any caulking loose and just making a really ugly looking countertop that looks to the average person like very poor workmanship. I have seen them pull away as much as 3/8 inch! I just spent most of this week doing punch-list stuff in many of our recently sold homes, and this was the biggest "item" in all of them! This seems to be happening mostly on exterior walls ( but not exclusively) which indicates to me that it is related to the temperarure change. I also suspect that since this did not seem to be a problem five to ten years ago, that it also is being caused by this "new" "green" lumber that we are being forced to use due to the high demand and slow turnaround of trees.
All that being said, have you guys been experiencing this problem? what ideas have you come up with to prevent or at least combat this? I am in Iowa, so there is always going to be a huge rift in the extreme summer to winter temperatures, and I'm sure that is at least part of the cause.
What do you guys think? Opinions? Suggestions? Helpful hints?