That is the exact job of the professional painter. Some painters I suppose may not do that type of repair because they never learned how....so they may tell you to call a drywaller. But, in my view any pro painter should have those skills. Whenever I am bidding jobs, I look for those kinds of things and include the time it takes to make such repairs in the price. The corner beads are most likely metal and because they are so rigid, that is why the corners crack so easily.

Thanks paintguy. How much would I assume this type of repair would cost per corner bead? The rooms are standard height and there are 6 affected corners. You can push the corner bead back and forth along the edges (it flexes, which is why I assumed it was plastic). The previous owners kept spackling mud over the cracks which of course looks terrible and continues to crack the moment it is dry. I'm hoping this isn't a several hundred dollar type of repair.

It will probably take about 15 minutes to screw down a corner bead, skim it with 2 coats of mud and then sand it so that is 1.5 hours total labor so I would charge less than $100 but I'm the cheapest guy in town.

thanks!

Yeah paintguy its pretty funny how some painters don't repair the drywall.

Actually the faux finishers are the worst. What happens is these women take all these high end classes on how to faux, learn all these fantastic techniques and they do their own base coats. The problem is they never learned how to paint first!

absolutely, this problem can be fixed. secure the corner bead using drywall screws. using mesh tape over cracks, apply joint compound.

paintguy I know exactly what you mean. As a painter that does both faux & traditional I don't let other painters do my basecoat if it can be avoided. In my area many of the painters just decided to be painters & were not taught by anyone. The range of quality is often astounding.