ᐅ Horizontal crack in interior plaster of a newly built house

It’s a trend thing that goes along with the desire for as smooth and flawless walls as possible. It covers up imperfections again without adding much thickness.

Having the whole house painted twice cost about 2500€ (~$2700), while full wallpapering would have been an additional ~5000€ (~$5400). We gladly passed on that.

Wallpaper is not a cure-all for cracks. Wallpaper can also tear.

I wouldn’t call it a trend; it has existed for a long time. The demands of homeowners have increased, and with them, the technical effort required to meet these expectations.

Ah, okay, our walls are neither straight nor smooth, so using painting fleece would probably be a waste.

There are excellent walls without painter's fleece. The question was what it is used for.

guckuck2 schrieb:

It’s kind of a trend that goes along with the desire for very smooth, flawless walls. It provides additional coverage without adding much thickness.

Having the entire house painted twice cost around 2500€ (about $2700), using non-woven wallpaper throughout would have been an extra 5000€ (about $5400). We gladly passed on that.

Non-woven wallpaper isn’t a cure-all for cracks. Even non-woven wallpaper can crack.

Unfortunately, I can confirm that. We have expensive non-woven wallpaper underneath and still got one or two cracks. Some quite long, others shorter… a shame, but probably unavoidable if you don’t use traditional wallpaper or want to avoid wallpaper altogether.

No fleece. Many cracks at the joints with the drywall, which is understandable. And also a few on the ceiling. We actually prefer it this way, so we can see where movement occurs.