Hello guys and gals. First post here.
I recently purchased a house that was built in 1999. It is a 2 story house w/ crawlspace. I'm seeing 2 pretty nasty cracks in the drywall and I'm not sure what to do about them. I'm worried that if I just patch them, they'll return...and I'm uneasy about cracks this severe in a house this old.
I went through the crawl space and looked around, especially underneath the area where these cracks are. I don't see anything that looks broken or shifted. The house was inspected when we bought it and the home inspector went underneath as well and didn't note any problems.
Here are several pictures I've taken that will hopefully show the story (from the outside, anyway). I'm worried about pulling drywall off to see structure underneath of crack #1 because the living room wall it is on is a vaulted ceiling. Crack #1 is difficult to see but it goes left from the corner of that opening into the kitchen, and then goes up about an inch or two from the wall (I'm assuming along the corner bead). Crack #2 goes up diagonally to the left from the top of that door.
If I can provide any more info or pics, please let me know. Just trying to get a good idea of what I should do as a novice handyman...I've patched my share of drywall but never done a real structural in-wall fix.
Thanks in advance!
I recently purchased a house that was built in 1999. It is a 2 story house w/ crawlspace. I'm seeing 2 pretty nasty cracks in the drywall and I'm not sure what to do about them. I'm worried that if I just patch them, they'll return...and I'm uneasy about cracks this severe in a house this old.
I went through the crawl space and looked around, especially underneath the area where these cracks are. I don't see anything that looks broken or shifted. The house was inspected when we bought it and the home inspector went underneath as well and didn't note any problems.
Here are several pictures I've taken that will hopefully show the story (from the outside, anyway). I'm worried about pulling drywall off to see structure underneath of crack #1 because the living room wall it is on is a vaulted ceiling. Crack #1 is difficult to see but it goes left from the corner of that opening into the kitchen, and then goes up about an inch or two from the wall (I'm assuming along the corner bead). Crack #2 goes up diagonally to the left from the top of that door.
If I can provide any more info or pics, please let me know. Just trying to get a good idea of what I should do as a novice handyman...I've patched my share of drywall but never done a real structural in-wall fix.
Thanks in advance!