Disclosed herein are panelized wall systems and methods for their construction,
wherein the wall systems have elastomeric joints that are resistant to cracking.
The walls are constructed with adhesive-edge building panels. The adhesive-edge
building panels are preferably fiber cement. The front surface of each panel has
an adhesive preapplied to an edge of the panel. Panels are fastened to a frame
with the adhesive-edges adjacent to each other. A joint tape is applied to the
seam between the panels such that the edges of the joint tape adhere to the adhesive-edges
of the adjacent panels. The wall is then finished with an elastomeric finish.