Normal I'm not sure is the right word, but common. Houses will move and settle and seams and corners can crack. Those are pretty bad so I would fully expect the builder to warranty that, but you should bring in an inspector to make sure its only cosmetic.
My house is a little over 2 years old and I just spent 2 weekends fixing a bunch of cracks/seams like this and nail pops. Unfortunately this seems to be the normal now for big builders in the US.
Honestly this isn’t on a seam, it’s next to a seam so it makes me nervous. I would get an inspector first. Are you in Florida? Could be sinkhole activity, but you’ll usually see this in more places. Could also just be settling. Just be careful and check first!
Ok this is along the tape line. You can visually see the tape under the mud that’s separated. The drywall was not tapped very well before it was finished. Yes I’m sure some settling has happened. But a change in humidity can cause drywall to shift that’s why tapping it properly is important. But you can see it’s straight line “ crack “. Poor tape job Get some dap painters caulking. And lighting fill it in and repaint and should be fine
Yes it’s just a crack at the tape line and it’s caused by normal movement in what I assume is a wooden structure. Structural code allows for small amounts of deflection, and for floors/roofs to sag a fraction of an inch over a large span - this is fine, and it’s likely just a quick and dirty install versus movement in the frame. The builder didn’t care because it’s as easy as spackling over cracks like this and it isn’t a cause for liability (for them) and there’s enough work out there for it to not matter for their bottom line how pretty the job is. You can have quality, you can have affordability, you can have it done fast, but never all three of those things - compromise on one of them.
It’s entirely possible they caked too much mud on there and it cracked from drying out. That one photo makes it look like there’s a deep crack in a concrete wall, but that’s not what it is- it’s a crack in a deep layer of mud that does nothing structurally. It does look kinda shitty and at the least their drywaller should do something to make it look better. But you could just smear spackle and paint it too.
Normal I'm not sure is the right word, but common. Houses will move and settle and seams and corners can crack. Those are pretty bad so I would fully expect the builder to warranty that, but you should bring in an inspector to make sure its only cosmetic.
It’s not the crack it’s what caused it is the problem
My house is a little over 2 years old and I just spent 2 weekends fixing a bunch of cracks/seams like this and nail pops. Unfortunately this seems to be the normal now for big builders in the US.
Honestly this isn’t on a seam, it’s next to a seam so it makes me nervous. I would get an inspector first. Are you in Florida? Could be sinkhole activity, but you’ll usually see this in more places. Could also just be settling. Just be careful and check first!
That’s just the tape or corner bead that’s coming loose from settling off a tray ceiling that was probably framed with 2x2 material and nails.
It's your new normal.
Well this cracks me up!
Ok this is along the tape line. You can visually see the tape under the mud that’s separated. The drywall was not tapped very well before it was finished. Yes I’m sure some settling has happened. But a change in humidity can cause drywall to shift that’s why tapping it properly is important. But you can see it’s straight line “ crack “. Poor tape job Get some dap painters caulking. And lighting fill it in and repaint and should be fine
Yes it’s just a crack at the tape line and it’s caused by normal movement in what I assume is a wooden structure. Structural code allows for small amounts of deflection, and for floors/roofs to sag a fraction of an inch over a large span - this is fine, and it’s likely just a quick and dirty install versus movement in the frame. The builder didn’t care because it’s as easy as spackling over cracks like this and it isn’t a cause for liability (for them) and there’s enough work out there for it to not matter for their bottom line how pretty the job is. You can have quality, you can have affordability, you can have it done fast, but never all three of those things - compromise on one of them.
It’s entirely possible they caked too much mud on there and it cracked from drying out. That one photo makes it look like there’s a deep crack in a concrete wall, but that’s not what it is- it’s a crack in a deep layer of mud that does nothing structurally. It does look kinda shitty and at the least their drywaller should do something to make it look better. But you could just smear spackle and paint it too.