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Painting over flakey walls (previously painted)

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:49 am
by cliffdalton
Paint on some of my internal walls is flaking off. I also have little patches where the plaster is coming away (around doorways). Does anybody know what is likely to have caused this and how it can be dealt with?

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:13 am
by Bruce
Cliff - it sounds as though you may have defective plaster which was not mixed properly - alternatively you may have damp creeping in you can get a local damp proofing co to come and check it but do get alterntive quotes as in my experience they can vary wildly i.e. £1800 v £5500 !!