BCtriguy1 wrote:
Sounds like a crack along a poorly taped joint. Also, sounds more like the electrician "dropped" his foot on the joint. Dropping a drill won't cause a crack that bad, especially since there should be insulation there to cushion the blow.
Anyways, your screws aren't holding because they're missing the backing. I'd just call a guy. Even if you screw it back, you'll need to call someone to mud the ceiling to fix the crack. That part is an art and not really for an inexperienced diy'er.
No if you miss the joist, the screw just stops going in cause there is nothing but air to pull the screw higher. and it went in and all was good then pop the ceiling pushed out, clearly something was pushing the drywall down. No not a tape job just a long crack.
So there was a nail hidden that was preventing it from going in. Dug that out screwed it in. Still not perfectly flush but after v ing the crack, filling it, taping mudding, etc it should be fine.
Finished my whole basement and learned to mud and tape down there lots of sanding to begin the job, but by the time I was done with the basement Im not bad. can get a finish as good as a lot of pro's just might take me a few more tries.
Had a wall that the previous owner ? some kids? who knows how was built in the 70s had carved into the drywall in the hall. Who ever "repaired" it tried but I could still see it pretty easily. After a few attempts figured there were 2 solutions, replace the drywall, or just put a thick skim coat over it. So I did that, wall looks great and the KKK is now covered over.
Wife is a bit happy this happened, as I had fixed a roof leak, and repaired the ceiling, but never painted so there has been a spot that needed painting for a couple years. Well the whole ceiling will need to be repainted when I am done, so she gets that to do finally done. LOL
Hiring someone these days, is a pain in the butt, then you need to wait for them, then they will screw it up.. Should have just done the electrical myself, instead of having this kid here for a day, and breaking my ceiling. Well Chevy paid for the EV plug so I thought free was better, but now I'll have $450 in my pocket, and have spent my time doing drywall repair instead of electrical. Would have preferred to just do the electrical.
Most "pro's" are not as picky as the home owner. Wife painted the ceiling in one room, spent way to long on the wall to ceiling edge and still was not happy. Few years later we had an addition done, When the painters were done in there, I took her on a tour of their job vs her's. no comparison, her edge work was far more precise. But theirs was just fine, and what 95% of houses look like.
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