luna261•3d agoProlific Poster

Blew a 60-inch seam at the top of a staircase in a house near Akron

I was working on a vaulted ceiling in a split-level home last Tuesday. Got the board up, screws in, but the seam right at the peak started cracking as I was taping it. Turned out the framing had a slight bow I missed because I was rushing. Had to cut out a 2 foot section, shim the stud, and patch it with a new strip. Took an extra 45 minutes and I was cussing the whole time. Any of you guys run into this when the house isn't square?

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fionat553d ago

The house is never square, brother. I always check the peak with a level now.

the_daniel3d ago

Ngl, I've checked plenty of peaks that were dead level on the ridge but the walls still fought me like crazy. @fionat55, sometimes that level is just lying to you if you don't also look at the bottom plate and the trusses. Learned that the hard way on a sunroom where the peak was perfect but the whole thing twisted two inches by the time I got to the sheathing.

hernandez.gavin3d ago

Bro, disagree hard here. If your peak is dead level and your bottom plate is straight, the walls should follow unless you're fighting bad lumber or something else. I've framed plenty where the peak was the only truthful thing on the whole job and everything else fell in line off it. Maybe your level was on the center not the edge?