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
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