Sup /adv/ need help here please my mum's house has problems

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Here is a close up picture of it

>>18544024
may be shitty dry wall. cant tell much from pic. is the ceiling suppose to be like that? with that giant line?

>>18544051
Been a while since I've been in the house i think it is a seperation point between the dry wall let me see if i can text her for more details

>>18544051
Almost forgot my mum said someone came and put sealant in the crack but it opened up even bigger than the last time

>>18544024
Can't really tell what's going on there. Is that a drywall seam? Really looks like two pieces of drywall just unjointed and screwed to the ceiling or something. That being said, if it's not, the house is settling. It's common, not much to be done besides continue to fill it and paint over it

Are you asking for advice for that on here? Oh man. I don't know what to say except to give you the kind of generic primer that google could give you.

Cracks opening on the inside of buildings can simply be a sign that whatever interior skin is inside the building is shifting/moving/degrading. They could also be a sign that the exterior structure or foundation is moving, but this is not necessarily the case. Exterior structure or foundations can move for a number of reasons. These can be historic, as in no longer occurring or ongoing. Historic reasons could be settlement over time, changes to drainage, nearby construction. previous modifications to the property or surrounding land. Ongoing problems could also be a number of things. You have to have a wider understanding of what has been and is going on with the property and the area.

It could be so many things.

>>18544024
Is the home owned or rented? If rented, have the landlord look at it or send a construction engineer to check it out (It is in the landlord's best interest to fix a flaw early)

The city might send an engineer for free to make sure the house is up to code standards.