After Rain Exterior Walls Showing Damp as Dark Areas on Paint Damp can be a major issue in the home. Find answers to questions or post your own here.

[anthonygerrard]

Its been raining, so my exterior brick walls look damp. Now everyones are damp , but mine seem to show the moisture more as a darkening of the paint.

My non painted walls look ok, as do much of the other exteriors in the street - of whatever paint or not they have had on the street.

Is this likely to be a problem or is my paint just showing it more than most?

I notice its now too cold for the normal exterior paint to be applied.

Is this something I should be worried about , and remedy or can I wait till spring. (have been in the house a few years)

[thedoctor]

This could simply be the thickness of the paint that has been applied or a different make of paint as by the sound of it there is no damp in the walls themselves which would usually account for a darker appearance.