How to fix cracks in ceilings and walls

Had cracks that repeatedly came back after being filled in our eldest daughters room. Watched this video in 2019 & came back today to let you know I followed your method and that crack has not appeared todate. Thank you so much for this video.

You treat the novice like an actually intelligent person who wants to know the trade. Muchhhh appreciated

Great technique. I've had a crack that keeps coming back. Gypsum plaster on block wall. Tried V & filler - cracked. Tried paper tape & filler - cracked. Tried shallow V and acrylic caulk - cracked again on a hot day. Routing away the plaster the wall is cracked behind. Summer/winter the building moves! Engineering wise, ANY plaster/filler hard up against the crack will transfer that movement to the surface and it WILL crack again. Its obvious when you think about it. Thats why foam is SO CLEVER for this specific type of crack. Its spongey. It decouples the movement, so a large movement in the substrate becomes a smaller movement at the surface. It gives room for the tension to spread out, lowering the stress and making the finished surface much more resistant to cracking. From an Engineering perspective I'm pretty sure thats why this magic technique works. Definately using this technique. The only tweak I'm going to make for extra peace of mind is to choose the most flexible filler I can find. Added this video to my favourites, I'll let you know how it goes.

i actually nodded off while watching this. loves a drop off pva this fella. loves his job by the look of it n all. fair play fella.

Mate I have been the game for 30 year and I have just learned something new with foam , well done and it’s nice to see a old school professional

Awesome. I had no idea what to do with several 12-15 inch slightly sagging ceiling cracks. You have made my day. Thank you kind man.

Again a really clear informative tutorial that's given me the confidence to carry out my own cracks in my home. Cant wait to start. Thanks

Thank you for the easy to follow tips. It makes a lovely change to see someone helping others rather than trying to raise their online profile. Really appreciated.

This is definitly a great tutorial. Repairs requires a lot of effort and care. Miss one step and you might get debonding or failure of your repair. Bravo to OP for this video.

I had a big crack right across ceiling and can’t believe how well it’s come out. Completely gone after painting over it. Thanks 👍

jesus christ, you are ridiculously thorough on your repairs. Good as new, literally. This was a joy to watch.

Appreciate showing tools needed at the beginning. When you opened the crack, I decided to let someone else handle the job. :)

Thank you. Your videos are good because of the attention to detail which doesn't presume previous knowledge.

I agree with the previous post. Your demonstration is excellent. Thank you for uploading and sharing. Your knowledge is invaluable. :)

You can see you take pride in doing a good job. Thanks for posting the video's

I feel like I'm copying the comment before me but I too have exactly what's described in the video , skimmed wall and identical type cracks . I'm very impressed with the procedure and am going to follow it also . Thank you I've been racking my head how to put it right , now I know.

More or less taught myself how to do this while renovating my old house. It does feel good to see and watch someone who obviously knows what he is doing apply the same techniques I bumbled my way through.

Thank you, this is the best video and easy to follow.

Excellent video. It's just what I was looking for. I took wallpaper off my walks today ready to paint them and the cracks are quite bad, too deep to skim over. I am going to do everything that you have suggested. Thanks very much. Warm and best regards.

Thank you so much for sharing your work. My house has issue totally the same to fix them.