Circular cracks in walls

oligopoly

Hi,

We moved into our house last September. It was built in 2002 and the previous owners converted the loft into a bedroom a few years ago. On a few of the walls/ceiling in this room you can see the usual (well, what I hope are usual!) settlement cracks, which i guess just need caulking and painting over. But in addition are these circular areas - about the size of a 2 pence coin - where the plaster has cracked. I have included some photos below. What are they? I'm guessing it's where a bolt is to join boards?

And also what's best to cover them up, just clear the cracked part and polyfilla then paint?

Thanks in advance.

martinsurrey

nails popping, if you pry off the plaster circle you'll see a nail or screw head, whack it in properly, and fill the hole with filler, sand, and re paint.

oligopoly

martinsurrey wrote: »

nails popping, if you pry off the plaster circle you'll see a nail or screw head, whack it in properly, and fill the hole with filler, sand, and re paint.

Ok thanks. Just caused by normal movement would you say (appreciate it might be hard to say without seeing it first-hand)

Doozergirl

It's very easy to say. It's popped nails. Not really structural movement at all, only within the plasterboard.

martinsurrey

oligopoly wrote: »

it might be hard to say without seeing it first-hand

you are right :-)

Could be caused by any number of things 99% of them nothing to worry about, settlement, sagging, damp flexing the boards, lazy builder who didn't hit his nails hard enough, accidental bumps after completion, not enough fixings per board...

The list goes on.

Fill them as above, and if they keep reappearing, get someone to have a look.

oligopoly

martinsurrey wrote: »

Fill them as above, and if they keep reappearing, get someone to have a look.

Awesome. Thank you

JP08

Just dealt with three of these in the bathroom - I dug out the plaster, put a dab of flexible filler on the head of the offending screw / nail to cushion any small movements, and then refilled. Hopefully won't see them again.

oligopoly

JP08 wrote: »

Just dealt with three of these in the bathroom - I dug out the plaster, put a dab of flexible filler on the head of the offending screw / nail to cushion any small movements, and then refilled. Hopefully won't see them again.

And then painted? That's the headache - having to move furniture, and paint (possibly twice) the whole wall...

martinsurrey

oligopoly wrote: »

And then painted? That's the headache - having to move furniture, and paint (possibly twice) the whole wall...

Use a white filler, then one coat of paint just on the offending areas, then one light coat on the whole wall. Job done.

oligopoly

martinsurrey wrote: »

Use a white filler, then one coat of paint just on the offending areas, then one light coat on the whole wall. Job done.

Sounds great. When are you free?

JP08

Well, in our case it was a bathroom - so not too much to shift out the way ...