Drywall Contactor

jenntonic asked:


I have 3 bedrooms in my split level house. The third room only has a light fixture in the ceiling and I noticed 3 years ago there was a hole there, as if the installer (probably the previous homeowner) just goofed up. Now I notice cracks spreading from the hole. In the master BR, my husband installed the ceiling fan and he used a medallion, but we never noticed any cracks in the drywall where the old fixture was. In the second BR, I had a contractor replace the ceiling fan and I chose not to use a medallion. The contractor and I observed that the ceiling seemed to be one whole piece of drywall, because when the fan came off, the ceiling bowed in the center, and the new fan seemed to hold the ceiling up. There were no cracks in the drywall.

Now, three years later, I noticed that the ceiling drywall is cracking under the fan in BR #2. Why is the drywall cracking and how do I fix this?

Incidentally, I’m sure my roof is leaking but I don’t have water stains or leaks upstairs.
My soffits are shot to hell, and water is leaking in my front door jamb and I saw a stream of water in my garage from that same wall. But other than that, no signs in the ceilings upstairs of water leaking.
Note to handerande: we bought the fans when we first moved in – 3 yrs ago. I was having no leaks nor cracks anywhere until recently. And the soffits were in good shape 3 yrs ago. Thanks for your answer.
Revision to note to handerande: we did not install a fan in the 3rd BR when we saw a hole there 3 yrs ago, and back then, it looked like whomever put the light up there just drilled too big a hole or whatever. But there is no fan there; the fans are in the other two rooms, one of which has a medallion on it so I don’t know what’s going on underneath.