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Originally Posted by richhor
We have had our new home for five years now and six months ago I noticed that in our garage ceiling all the seams of drywall were cracking and falling off. I didn't take it seriously until it started in our living room. Our home warranty states that the drywall is covered for one year. After taking a close look at the problem I noticed that none of the seams were taped before the joint compound was applied. I have had three homes built in Wisconsin and have never had a drywall problem. Is this the norm in Florida or did the trades people take some short cuts. I would like to know if anyone else have had this dry wall issue and if there is any recourse for me.
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Here I am defending the builders again. I have not heard anything over these years about drywall being installed poorly here. This is Florida and we are sitting on sand. AND of course sinkholes to worry about too. That said, There is settling that can happen everywhere. We had a major crack in a junction of drywall that kept reappearing after it was repaired in our well built Ohio home. We had cracks in our lanai ceiling here and we had them repaired and they cracked again. Heat and cold causes contracting and expanding in outside areas. We are thinking about having synthetic bead board installed in the lanai ceilings.