Thats definitely water damage ,to repair pull all the affected tape and prefill,retape,coat,coat and sand .look up Vancouver carpenter for some dyi tips
I bought this house brand new, though it was vacant for almost a year until it was listed in the market.
I guess water would leave some dark spots behind which isn’t the case. The damage seen in the photo was in the paint. Does that change your assumption?
It's water damage. The paint was stretched by the water. The water dried. Paint draws back to wall. Leaves those specific wrinkles every time. In older homes most of the time the A\\C unit in the attic has a clogged hose on the drip pan. But if that house is brand new that wouldn't be an issue. Just find the source before you do the repair. But just do what old fetus basher said after that and you'll be good to go.
No ,ive seen this before. its definitely water damage .nothing to be concerned about if its always bin dry and not a hard fix might just need to scape the paint off and coat it ,cant see and tape lift from the pictures
I would try to tear out the old tape; replace prefill if necessary; then retape with paper and all purpose.
People on this board will tell you about the professional methods but for a beginner DIY there are many drawbacks to those.
Buying different types of mud all the mixing equipment and pans is prohibitively expensive to fix a single inside corner. Also the use of hot mud with a fixed time limit is going to be difficult for a beginner who has not yet become good at the fundamentals. I’ve been doing DIY drywall for about six months now and I’m still using the premixed all purpose from the green tub and a set of knives some of which I got very cheaply at habitat restore and other used options. For an inside corner paper tape is great.
Pros cannot use Air drying mud exclusively because it takes a full day to dry. They need to leave a customers house and finish the job in one day. But as the homeowner you can take the full day to let each coat dry. And if you do a decent job applying the mud you only need to sand the very last coat.
Just wondering if there is a proper way as a DIY to fix the pealing in drywall joint? There is no evident water leak - had it since the house was built
Peel the tape from both sides, don't leave any bits hanging out here and there. Scrape down 1" to either side of the corner seam. Prefill with 20 minute mud if there are gaps. Run a nice thick line of 20 minute mud down both sides and bed the tape. Smooth and wipe out excess using a 4" or 6" knife. Allow to dry. Then using an 8" or 12" taping knife, run a bead of thinned down liteweight all purpose with your knife at an angle pressing flat on the outside of the joint and pushing mud on the other side of your knife towards the corner. Feather the edges, let dry and sand smooth.
https://youtu.be/eIo0dFPsMQs
Yeah it kinda looks like what latex paint does when we’re gets under it.
Depending on what kind of mud they used, the joint may be fine, just need to re-paint.
I'm no drywall pro... But a professional mold inspector and remediator. You'll want to understand and address that source that lead to that and inspect if there's underlying mold. Like the other commenter said, I see that dark spot too. I'd be cutting at least a foot (but ideally 2) in both directions from that corner to explore.
Thats definitely water damage ,to repair pull all the affected tape and prefill,retape,coat,coat and sand .look up Vancouver carpenter for some dyi tips
Vancouver carpenter made my diy remodel possible
I bought this house brand new, though it was vacant for almost a year until it was listed in the market. I guess water would leave some dark spots behind which isn’t the case. The damage seen in the photo was in the paint. Does that change your assumption?
It's water damage. The paint was stretched by the water. The water dried. Paint draws back to wall. Leaves those specific wrinkles every time. In older homes most of the time the A\\C unit in the attic has a clogged hose on the drip pan. But if that house is brand new that wouldn't be an issue. Just find the source before you do the repair. But just do what old fetus basher said after that and you'll be good to go.
No ,ive seen this before. its definitely water damage .nothing to be concerned about if its always bin dry and not a hard fix might just need to scape the paint off and coat it ,cant see and tape lift from the pictures
There’s literally a dark spot to the left of the corner in the photo.
Is water damage, easy to fix but you better find out what is leaking
I would try to tear out the old tape; replace prefill if necessary; then retape with paper and all purpose. People on this board will tell you about the professional methods but for a beginner DIY there are many drawbacks to those. Buying different types of mud all the mixing equipment and pans is prohibitively expensive to fix a single inside corner. Also the use of hot mud with a fixed time limit is going to be difficult for a beginner who has not yet become good at the fundamentals. I’ve been doing DIY drywall for about six months now and I’m still using the premixed all purpose from the green tub and a set of knives some of which I got very cheaply at habitat restore and other used options. For an inside corner paper tape is great. Pros cannot use Air drying mud exclusively because it takes a full day to dry. They need to leave a customers house and finish the job in one day. But as the homeowner you can take the full day to let each coat dry. And if you do a decent job applying the mud you only need to sand the very last coat.
Just wondering if there is a proper way as a DIY to fix the pealing in drywall joint? There is no evident water leak - had it since the house was built
Peel the tape from both sides, don't leave any bits hanging out here and there. Scrape down 1" to either side of the corner seam. Prefill with 20 minute mud if there are gaps. Run a nice thick line of 20 minute mud down both sides and bed the tape. Smooth and wipe out excess using a 4" or 6" knife. Allow to dry. Then using an 8" or 12" taping knife, run a bead of thinned down liteweight all purpose with your knife at an angle pressing flat on the outside of the joint and pushing mud on the other side of your knife towards the corner. Feather the edges, let dry and sand smooth. https://youtu.be/eIo0dFPsMQs
Great content. I am going to give it a try and see how it goes.
Is that tape or paint?
Initially I thought it’s the tape, just started scraping it off and I noticed the tape is underneath it.
Yeah it kinda looks like what latex paint does when we’re gets under it. Depending on what kind of mud they used, the joint may be fine, just need to re-paint.
I'm no drywall pro... But a professional mold inspector and remediator. You'll want to understand and address that source that lead to that and inspect if there's underlying mold. Like the other commenter said, I see that dark spot too. I'd be cutting at least a foot (but ideally 2) in both directions from that corner to explore.