[bajafx4]

I created another post a few days ago (here) about all my drywall seams cracking because my contractor used mesh tape and premixed dust control compound to set the tape on the flat seams. They've since cut out all the mesh tape and replaced with paper and 90-minute Easy Sand. They did originally use paper tape in the corners, but with the same premixed dust control joint compound to set. Today I noticed that when they cut out all the mesh tape in the flat seams and replaced with paper that they also caulked all my inside corners (inside wall corners and all wall to ceiling corners) with paintable caulk before they primed.

I assume this was a precaution because of the previous cracking, but it doesn't seem right to me... it seems more like a band-aid. What do you guys think?

 

[chrisn]

Not uncommon, I do it myself sometimes.

 

[jeffnc]

I'm not really sure of the point of this, unless it's aesthetic - to help with uneven tooling of corner joints. As a band-aid for future cracks - I suppose that might work, but then mesh tape in a corner is a bad idea IMO. If you have paper in the corners, it shouldn't crack. If it does, I don't think pre-caulking it would be the solution.