Ceiling crack 2000 mobile home
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:32 pm
Good evening folks.
This is my first post. Ok to the point. I have a Mobile home i bought new in 2000. It does not sit on a slab but is blocked up. About 3 years ago i got a crack in the ceiling drywall (I think it's drywall). This crack runs from where the ceiling overlaps the wall up to the marriage beam and down to the other side of the wall. The mobile home is 14' X 72' and the crack is roughly in the middle of the home. One half of the drywall sits about an 1/8" of an inch lower then the other. The ceiling is textured. I was thinking that i could find the ceiling joist and use a few sheetrock screws to even the level of the drywall in this area but am unsure how far apart the joist are. Another little problem is that the crack does run above a wall in the middle that seperates a bedroom from the living room. I have heard that i could use ceiling buttons but have never heard of these items before. If needed i can take some pictures tommorow and post them up. I also believe that with the textured ceiling i would need to scrape off the texture in order to use a stud finder to locate the joist. Thanks for the help and i will try to post pics tommorow.
Chad
This is my first post. Ok to the point. I have a Mobile home i bought new in 2000. It does not sit on a slab but is blocked up. About 3 years ago i got a crack in the ceiling drywall (I think it's drywall). This crack runs from where the ceiling overlaps the wall up to the marriage beam and down to the other side of the wall. The mobile home is 14' X 72' and the crack is roughly in the middle of the home. One half of the drywall sits about an 1/8" of an inch lower then the other. The ceiling is textured. I was thinking that i could find the ceiling joist and use a few sheetrock screws to even the level of the drywall in this area but am unsure how far apart the joist are. Another little problem is that the crack does run above a wall in the middle that seperates a bedroom from the living room. I have heard that i could use ceiling buttons but have never heard of these items before. If needed i can take some pictures tommorow and post them up. I also believe that with the textured ceiling i would need to scrape off the texture in order to use a stud finder to locate the joist. Thanks for the help and i will try to post pics tommorow.
Chad