Nigel Watts
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Preaching to the converted here I know, but it's sometimes nice of have yet more evidence to support one's prejudices (or in the this case unshakable beliefs).
Late last year I started noticing a large pocket in the exterior paintwork just below where some wires had been chased in to the stucco. This is how it looked when the paint was being removed:
After the wires had been chased in (I would never again allow such a thing I assure you) filling was done using a very hard sand and cement mix, which never bonded to the lime, allowing the water in.
On the other side of this exterior wall, which is built of about 14 inches of solid brick, is my hall wall which I have just started preparing for decoration. This is what it looks like:
and after some scraping
and removal of loose plaster:
Judging by how many layers of wallpaper came off when we had it professionally decorated it was probably the first time it had been stripped back to the plaster in 160 years. The painter applied some modern filler then modern emulsion. The main reason for the failure of the paint seems to be that damp caused the modern filler to turn to powder. 8 years later I am having to strip it back again and will have to patch the plaster, fill, and line with paper before painting.
Late last year I started noticing a large pocket in the exterior paintwork just below where some wires had been chased in to the stucco. This is how it looked when the paint was being removed:
After the wires had been chased in (I would never again allow such a thing I assure you) filling was done using a very hard sand and cement mix, which never bonded to the lime, allowing the water in.
On the other side of this exterior wall, which is built of about 14 inches of solid brick, is my hall wall which I have just started preparing for decoration. This is what it looks like:
and after some scraping
and removal of loose plaster:
Judging by how many layers of wallpaper came off when we had it professionally decorated it was probably the first time it had been stripped back to the plaster in 160 years. The painter applied some modern filler then modern emulsion. The main reason for the failure of the paint seems to be that damp caused the modern filler to turn to powder. 8 years later I am having to strip it back again and will have to patch the plaster, fill, and line with paper before painting.