Had a ceiling seam pop in a finished house in Tempe because we rushed the tape coat.

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Read an article that said Arizona's low humidity actually makes the compound dry too fast if you don't let it set right, so that rush job probably never had a chance anyway. A quick mud and tape job will fix it, but you gotta let those layers breathe in this heat or it'll just pop again next summer. Least it's not a slab crack, those are a nightmare to deal with down here.

brown.nathan1mo ago

That's a pretty common drywall issue in Tempe with the temperature swings. I've seen way worse from houses settling on unstable soil over in Chandler. A popped seam is a quick fix with some mud and tape, maybe an hour of work for someone who knows what they're doing. It's not like a foundation crack or a roof leak. Calling it a "finished house" problem seems like a stretch when it's just cosmetic.

stellac971mo ago

Oh man, brown.nathan is right... my old apartment in Mesa had a seam that popped every single summer like clockwork.