ᐅ What is the acceptable tolerance for the joint between a wall and ceiling?
Created on: 17 Mar 2013 16:56
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MeggesinluM
Meggesinlu17 Mar 2013 16:56Hello everyone,
I have been searching the internet extensively for the past two days but haven’t really found a clear answer to my problem (or maybe I don’t fully understand the context here and there).
We are building our new home with a prefabricated house company. The house is standing, the screed has been laid, and now we are about to start the painting and wallpapering work, which also includes filling the drywall joints. However, we have excluded this trade from the purchase contract and are doing it ourselves. After much back and forth, we decided to have the joint filling done by a plasterer. When you have never built a house before, you might naively think you can handle "a bit of filling" yourself. But after hearing many experiences from friends and family, we ultimately decided to leave this task to a professional (which was definitely the best decision).
Last week, a plasterer started with the joint filling and was very upset that the gaps between the drywall panels at the wall/ceiling and wall/wall transitions are sometimes up to 2 cm (0.8 inches). He offered us a price per square meter, but this does not include fixing the poor workmanship of the prefabricated house company. Also, some panels have significant waves on the ceilings or sloped roof areas.
I have called our site manager, who is scheduled to inspect the situation on site the day after tomorrow (and should). I want to prepare a bit for this meeting and have been searching for acceptable tolerance limits regarding the size of these gaps. I expect that he will refer to some guidelines that I probably can’t fully keep up with in terms of knowledge (although I must say I have never felt he is trying to trick us or mislead us). Our plasterer will also be on site on Tuesday but doesn’t know the exact tolerance measurements either. He only knows that gaps of this size are definitely not acceptable and would refuse any warranty regarding crack formation if he has to fix such gaps himself.
Can you help me? The only thing I found online are the dimensional tolerances in building construction according to DIN standards. However, I do not know if this DIN guideline is what I need. Moreover, all the technical jargon is quite confusing—I usually deal with accounts and financial statements professionally 😀
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
I have been searching the internet extensively for the past two days but haven’t really found a clear answer to my problem (or maybe I don’t fully understand the context here and there).
We are building our new home with a prefabricated house company. The house is standing, the screed has been laid, and now we are about to start the painting and wallpapering work, which also includes filling the drywall joints. However, we have excluded this trade from the purchase contract and are doing it ourselves. After much back and forth, we decided to have the joint filling done by a plasterer. When you have never built a house before, you might naively think you can handle "a bit of filling" yourself. But after hearing many experiences from friends and family, we ultimately decided to leave this task to a professional (which was definitely the best decision).
Last week, a plasterer started with the joint filling and was very upset that the gaps between the drywall panels at the wall/ceiling and wall/wall transitions are sometimes up to 2 cm (0.8 inches). He offered us a price per square meter, but this does not include fixing the poor workmanship of the prefabricated house company. Also, some panels have significant waves on the ceilings or sloped roof areas.
I have called our site manager, who is scheduled to inspect the situation on site the day after tomorrow (and should). I want to prepare a bit for this meeting and have been searching for acceptable tolerance limits regarding the size of these gaps. I expect that he will refer to some guidelines that I probably can’t fully keep up with in terms of knowledge (although I must say I have never felt he is trying to trick us or mislead us). Our plasterer will also be on site on Tuesday but doesn’t know the exact tolerance measurements either. He only knows that gaps of this size are definitely not acceptable and would refuse any warranty regarding crack formation if he has to fix such gaps himself.
Can you help me? The only thing I found online are the dimensional tolerances in building construction according to DIN standards. However, I do not know if this DIN guideline is what I need. Moreover, all the technical jargon is quite confusing—I usually deal with accounts and financial statements professionally 😀
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
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