paint cracks

  1. L

    Bathroom cracks cause?

    Hi all, Our bathroom has multiple cracks all over the walls in the paint but also looks to be the plaster in parts as well. It has always done this and we used bathroom paint, we had it plastered about 7 years ago, sealed it etc and it did it again within a year or so. It seems to be mainly...
  2. S

    Paint cracking on new(ish) plaster - advice to recover gratefully received!

    I have recently had a plaster repair job completed, and having left it to dry out for a few weeks, applied some Farrow and Ball paint to the surface. Two coats in with a roller and the paint appears to have cracked as it has dried, flaking away from the wall surface. This is only in a couple of...
  3. M

    Small Patch of wall plaster cracking/pushing out

    Hi! I have had a little patch, about the size of a large coin on my exterior kitchen wall, then keeps pushing outwards/cracking/splitting. If I repair it with filler, it’s fine for about a month, then gradually happens again. Any ideas? Photos attached.
  4. M

    Bathroom paint keeps cracking and won't adhere next to shower

    I feel like I've written about this a million times, but here goes.... When I moved in my property 8 years ago, I had tha bathroom retiled and the bathroom wall replastered. It's an exterior brick wall in a victorian house. It then transpired the tiles were fixed directly to the plaster, with...
  5. M

    Bathroom wall paint keeps cracking and peels off by shower

    I feel like I've written about this a million times, but here goes.... When I moved in my property 8 years ago, I had tha bathroom retiled and the bathroom wall replastered. It's an exterior brick wall in a victorian house. It then transpired the tiles were fixed directly to the plaster, with...
  6. A

    Is it Varnish or Stain?

    I have window frame and sill which has been painted over from the inside by someone with gloss paint. The paint is all cracking/peeling off. Beneath it, it looks like there is a mahogany varnish or stain. How can I tell what the original finish was, in other words how can I tell the difference...
  7. bettz1

    Cracks between wall and ceiling

    Hi i'm after some advice on why i keep getting cracks between the top of the wall and ceiling?. A few months ago i sanded it down applied filler smoothed it out and re painted but its cracking again? Could it be the loft?
  8. Simon Hayton-Kiely

    Kitchen paint cracking

    Hi all..... I have just painted my kitchen with a good kitchen and bathroom paint. A week ago and all the paint has crack. I did all the use prep before painting rub down to a smooth surface and treated with a fungal coat first and left for two day before applying the paint. Any ideas why this...
  9. I

    Stair Cracks

    Hello all, I'm hoping someone can suggest solutions to a problem on our stairs where cracks continue to reappear. It's a townhouse built in the 70s and painted by professionals about 18 months ago from top to bottom (they did a brilliant job), but I can't seem to solve these cracks! Having...
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