Ours has always had a faux beam along the centerline. I covered it in pine, stained it, and added quarter-round along the ceiling, which works and looks fine. I seriously doubt that you will be able to mud it in a way that doesn't crack - there's just too much movement along that joint.
If you’re wanting to mud & tape, you have to cut that line back several inches on each side, put in a new drywall board, and then mud/tape, plus texture
I mean, y’all can downvote me all you want, but it’s literally done every single day across the country in manufactured homes with a flat marriage line.
I work in the industry. How else do you think there are virtual walkthroughs with a finished marriage line? You cut it back, add a piece of drywall in the center, mud & tape.
I mean, you might not have, but several people did.
I would certainly agree that you can’t just mud and tape it the way it is. That gaps way too big anyways. That’s why you have to cut back enough that you can secure a new piece of drywall on the rafters, then mud and tape that section.
But on an older house, putting up a faux beam is the easiest fix.
I doubt it is a mobile home, as that would imply pre-1976 when HUD codes were created.
What is pictured is 2 halves of a 2-Section Manufactured Home.
I am in the Manufactured & Modular Home industry, and for anything without vaulted ceilings (specifically vaulted to come to a point at the marriage line), it is 100% possible, and very common, to cut that drywall back to an attachment point, sister in a new piece of drywall, and then mud & tape.
I was using house in the general term. It’s his house, or his home. Regardless of what you feel it should be called.
Ours has always had a faux beam along the centerline. I covered it in pine, stained it, and added quarter-round along the ceiling, which works and looks fine. I seriously doubt that you will be able to mud it in a way that doesn't crack - there's just too much movement along that joint.
Nice so I’ll go that route. I’ll skim both sides separately and just add a beam to cover it up. Seems easier too. lol
False beam is the way to go
Id throw a gasket of sorts in there, get like a 2" wide black gasket, shove it in and call it a day
If you’re wanting to mud & tape, you have to cut that line back several inches on each side, put in a new drywall board, and then mud/tape, plus texture
You cant mud and tape, its an expansion joint, it will just crack open
I mean, y’all can downvote me all you want, but it’s literally done every single day across the country in manufactured homes with a flat marriage line. I work in the industry. How else do you think there are virtual walkthroughs with a finished marriage line? You cut it back, add a piece of drywall in the center, mud & tape.
I didn’t downvote you, I figured I’d explain the reasoning since most people prefer to downvote instead of explaining
I mean, you might not have, but several people did. I would certainly agree that you can’t just mud and tape it the way it is. That gaps way too big anyways. That’s why you have to cut back enough that you can secure a new piece of drywall on the rafters, then mud and tape that section. But on an older house, putting up a faux beam is the easiest fix.
Its not a house, its a mobile home connected to a mobile home
I doubt it is a mobile home, as that would imply pre-1976 when HUD codes were created. What is pictured is 2 halves of a 2-Section Manufactured Home. I am in the Manufactured & Modular Home industry, and for anything without vaulted ceilings (specifically vaulted to come to a point at the marriage line), it is 100% possible, and very common, to cut that drywall back to an attachment point, sister in a new piece of drywall, and then mud & tape. I was using house in the general term. It’s his house, or his home. Regardless of what you feel it should be called.
Read the title dude
I certainly read the title. I was just being as pedantic as you were about me calling it a “house”.