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  "name": "Why do cracks keep appearing around doorframes and window corners?",
  "description": "Settling and temperature shifts create stress at frame corners. Durable repairs require taping the seam with mesh or paper tape rather than simply filling it wi",
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        "text": "Stress cracks usually stem from normal house settling, seasonal thermal expansion, or minor framing movement, particularly around door and window corners. To repair them properly so they do not return, a technician must cut a shallow V-notch along the crack, apply fiberglass mesh or paper tape, and float several coats of joint compound across the seam. Simply filling a crack with spackle without tape almost always results in the crack reappearing as the building expands and contracts.",
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