I have exactly the same problem with an extension built a few years ago

so would also welcome advice. Ours is the ceiling, looking back on the project I'm not surprised as the builders were shoddy

Posted By: BSE Canary on June 2nd 2015 at 10:30:29

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Oh Wrath Of All Knowledge - nails pushing out plaster (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 2, 10:23:41
- its because its nailed and not scree, the timber shrinks but the nail does not, if screwed (n/m) (General Chat) - White Van Man, Jun 2, 21:02:21
- I think you will have to move.....can't see any way round it (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Jun 2, 17:23:08
- Pretend you can't see them (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jun 2, 11:35:37
  - paint all your light bulbs matt black (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:37:45
    - Put some pictures up. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 11:42:01
      - ...on the ceiling? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 2, 11:42:49
        
        like in the dentists (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jun 2, 11:45:22
        
        he could *retrain to be a dentist and thus turn a negative into a double positive (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:51:36
        
        Mirrors? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 11:43:29
        
        Don't read it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 2, 11:45:46
        
        kink e (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:45:08
- hammer the fuckers right back up, polly filler, sand down, re-paint (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:34:09
  - Are you mental? If he hammers them in and fills he's going to draw out the embedded iron (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 2, 11:41:51
    - ok, sling an armstrong ceiling up (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:47:27
      - Aye aye, Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen's had a huff off a wet stencil (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 2, 11:51:51
        
        did you just pooh pooh my perfect solution? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:54:38
        
        Your solution is the structural equivalent of tidying your room by putting everything (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 2, 11:57:07
  - Sounds the plan to go with :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 2, 11:41:05
    - great, enjoy the rest of your amazing life (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 11:44:15
- Lets get down to brass tacks (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 2, 11:22:31
- On a site, there's someone employed to go round and cover these things up (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 10:30:51
- I have exactly the same problem with an extension built a few years ago (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 2, 10:30:29
  - I'd say it's a follow up job they haven't been arsed to do unless you push them (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 10:31:26
    - In hindsight I should of got quotes for the extension to be built to the same (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 2, 10:39:11
      - You'll never get it right with building work (General Chat) - pants, Jun 2, 11:13:44

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