Hello,
I have an uneven wall in my home. You can see on the pic how the base of the wall is not straight. Handy man from the builder came in, cut a little piece from the base of the dry wall at the bottom that made it bulge and patched everything back. It is still uneven. How can I fix this? Tarion will not cover something like that.
Thank you
Probably 2 to 3 skim coat, if it small uneven walls. If it is big you have remove all the wall and rebuild new one in level.
Thanks
Hi Jullian
This bulge can be a few things. If your in a Condo. This could be simply a uneven concrete
wall that was never repaired at time of construction. If it's a wood or metal framed wall it is where a joint is in the wall and unfortunately was poorly installed at the time. It could also be a plumbing stack in the wall that is just a little to tight for the space. If you go to a specialty supplier
of acoustic ceiling tile and drywall ,they will have what you require.( NOT HomeDepot or Rona ) A sheet of 1/4"
drywall, providing this bulge is 1/4" or less. Cut out about a 2' x 2' section where the bulge is and install this piece . After you tape the joints it you will need many coats of compound probably at least 6 to build up to the existing wall thickness. Do not try to do this in 2 or three coats. More thin coats the better strength you will have.
The best way is to remove the Drywall and shim the wall so it's straight then redrywall. You could apply a few coats of dry compound to repair of its not to bad.
Jeff
Try to remove as much as you can from the drywall, install a new one, tape the joints and skim coat & sand till it becomes even.
Thanks for the response guys. It is a house. The wall seems to be convex at about the center of the pic. Hence the base is not straight. Builder will do nothing,I guess no point going to Tarion. I am afraid that the fix might be worse than the current problem. At some point I would like to fix the issue. The convex issue might be due to maybe uneven stud thickness. When the handy man came in, he only cut a small hole in the base, so hard to see exactly what is cause this curvature. I appreciate everyone's response. Sorry about the delayed reply, all the notifications from here seems to be going to the junk mail.
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