Is Artex flexible ?

[UnoHoncho]

When I first moved into my house in February this year, I had damp coursing work done which involved knocking part of the artex off one wall and replastering. After 2 weeks the new plaster cracked pretty badly, so I got the damp course firm back in to replaster.

It has cracked again since - I thought at the time the work was shoddy and blamed the mix of the plaster - But one of the guys reckons that the house is shifting.

The original survey on the house advised that some minor shifting had taken place but this did not pose a threat. The funny thing is that the artexed walls have no cracks at all, at least not on the surface.

This leads back to my original question - Is Artex flexible ? Is this the reason why it hasn't cracked and the new plaster has ?

Advice would be great

 

[Hamiltonandy]

That awful artex has been used for ages covering up cracked ceilings. So yes it is flexible. Modern gypsum plasters are totally rigid so crack easy but are very quick to put up as they go off in a few minutes.
Where walls move particularly wood framed I prefer a lime plater with horsehair. Flexible, breathes and does not fall apart if gets damp unlike plaster!