I recently looked at a job on a home that was about five years old. I was looking at painting the family room and kithcen. when I got there, I noticed cracking where the ceiling meets the wall on a gable end. The crack was on one side of the glue lam only. I noticed that there was no ridge vents and very little soffit vents. The owners said they hadn,t noticed any swetting. the gable wall seems solid, no brick cracking on outside of a veneer wall. This seems to be a ventilation problem , but I,m not quite certain. Any suggestions.
Pinky
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Why would there be a glulam on a gable end?
I don't really follow what you're saying...........
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glue lam is the ridge. Gable wall is divided into two sides. glue lam being the center point. Cracking is on gable wall where ceiling meets the wall, running from glue lam to outside wall where rafters sit.
Edited 11/10/2002 9:58:37 AM ET by Pinky
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But I'm afraid it's out of my realm of expertise. Someone else wanna jump in here?A friend of mine did the most amazing thing. He caught a bullet in his teeth.He's dead, of course, but it was amazing.
Sounds like the framing where the drywall is attached is moving for one reason or another. i.e. rafter wasn't tight down to the beam when blocked and nailed, gable framing wasn't 'tight'. (just nailers), maybe outlookers and barge is flexing down and playing funk with the gable? or maybe the drywall wasn't correctly fastened in the first place. (like "Oops, aw s__, we broke the piece/corner, oh well, throw a few thorns in it and mud/paint.") Hard to tell, any pic's?
That latter is my first guess. It's hard to hang and finish SR in an upper corner like that and someone getting paid piecework would leave it weak.
I don't hear anything yet to indicate moisture problem other than location..
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I guess............... depending on the crack, it might just be a contraction from the frame drying out.
Since it's a paint job, perhaps it would be helpful to cut a small hole and check it out.