I know new houses will settle over time, but how much is normal? Having been in my new house for 9 months, i'm noticing:
- Lots of hairline cracks in the inside corners of walls
- Popped dry wall screws in the ceilings
- Drywall seams becoming visible
- Cracked grout in the showers
- Bottom row of tiles cracked in the shower
- Bull nose corners ripping away from the drywall
- Widening gaps in the crown moulding between pieces
- Window frame's 45 degree corners separating
I had called IPC a few months back about the cracked grout, since I was worried about water leaking into the walls, and they just put some caulk on the cracks. I showed them the dry wall seams too, and they said that it would look worse after they fix it, since they would need to texture the fix, and it would be impossible to blend it into the rest of the wall. The whole time, they gave me the spiel about how this should be taken care of during the 12 month walk through, and that they're doing me a favor by caulking the shower right now.
If I call Irvine Pacific again, I know they'll just tell me the house is settling, and they'll take care of it in the 12 month walk through. Some of these things I'm seeing just doesn't seem right. Is this shoddy construction, or is it normal?
- Lots of hairline cracks in the inside corners of walls
- Popped dry wall screws in the ceilings
- Drywall seams becoming visible
- Cracked grout in the showers
- Bottom row of tiles cracked in the shower
- Bull nose corners ripping away from the drywall
- Widening gaps in the crown moulding between pieces
- Window frame's 45 degree corners separating
I had called IPC a few months back about the cracked grout, since I was worried about water leaking into the walls, and they just put some caulk on the cracks. I showed them the dry wall seams too, and they said that it would look worse after they fix it, since they would need to texture the fix, and it would be impossible to blend it into the rest of the wall. The whole time, they gave me the spiel about how this should be taken care of during the 12 month walk through, and that they're doing me a favor by caulking the shower right now.
If I call Irvine Pacific again, I know they'll just tell me the house is settling, and they'll take care of it in the 12 month walk through. Some of these things I'm seeing just doesn't seem right. Is this shoddy construction, or is it normal?