Q: I recently purchased a home built in 1970. In the garage, we noticed a small crack in the middle of the ceiling that runs the entire width. This winter in Minnesota, the crack has become larger.

Q. We need your advice on the repair of drywall cracks. We have cracks at the top corners of our bedroom/bathroom doorway. The cracks run upward toward the ceiling at about a 45-degree angle.

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If the ceiling were plaster, the cracks would be spider web fashioned in several places. How and if the cracks can be repaired depends on what the drywall is attached to and how it is attached.

If the crack is noticeably deeper than the plaster or paint, that could also be problematic, as could cracks close to windows or doors, or spanning form where the wall meets the ceiling.

QUESTION: I live in a five-year-old house with a cab-over design. The owner before me said the house was built on piles, but I have noticed a long crack on the ceiling exactly in the middle of the ...

Q: I recently paid $350 to have two long cracks in my slanted, vaulted living room ceiling repaired. The cracks are back after only three months. Is this fixable?

To avoid marking the wall or ceiling itself, Alexandra Cooper, an architect and interior designer at Planner 5D, suggests placing a piece of transparent tape over the crack first."This can help ...

Without seeing the actual cracks, my guess is that they are probably mostly cosmetic and just a sign of the house settling and the plaster or drywall cracking especially in a ceiling.

Apparently, her home had been plagued by constant cracks at the joint where the walls and ceiling meet. We asked her several questions, which we hoped would help us solve the problem. First, where ...