I need some help. I built my home in 1999. The home is a two story center hall colonial. The second floor has an interior wall that runs gable to gable at the middle of the house. The rafters run perpendicular to this wall. Each year a crack appears along the seam between walls and the ceiling. The crack runs quite a distance. The house is located in Maine so the winters are dry. This appears to be cosmetic but it keeps coming back. Does any one have any ideas on how to resolve this issue? Thanks for any guideance.
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It's been discussed numerous times before, try a search on truss uplift.
As TomC said, it is likley truss uplift. Use the search function in the upper left corner of the screen and you should get a lot of hits on the topic.
Solutions? I don't think anyone has figured out a way to stop truss uplift. However there are methods of controling the cracking that it causes, but they need to be applied durring construction.
The simpliest solution to your recurring crack is to cover it with a crown molding that is attached to only the side that is moving. Others here may have more creative solutions. that is the first one that come to my mind.
Dave