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Saw a crew in my town not back blocking a long seam on a vaulted ceiling
I watched them tape it up and it looked fine, but I know that joint will crack in a year. The mud just can't handle the flex across that span without support. What's the longest span you guys will run before you always add that extra support?
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finley_craig531mo ago
That 12-foot rule is more about flat ceilings than vaulted ones.
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the_kevin1mo ago
Oh man, that totally reminds me of my buddy who tried to hang a giant light fixture in his vaulted living room. He followed some online guide for a standard ceiling and the thing looked like a tiny speck from the floor. He had to take it all down and start over, it was a huge pain. Makes total sense that the math would be different for slanted ceilings. I bet a lot of people run into that same problem without even realizing it.
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