Hi guys, would appreciate a bit of advice. Basically about 12 months ago i noted some damp/discoloration appeared on the bedroom wall. I was aware the property needed repointing and made arrangements. The day before the builder began reppointing the guttering burst leading to excessive water getting in in the area of discoloration (guess a smaller leak had occurred unnoticed some time earlier). I repaired the guttering the following day and this area was reppointed approx one week later. I left the wall to dry out for approx 2 month, when I began sanding ready to decorate it became obvious the plaster was still damp, rotten and crumbling on this wall and therefore I hacked the wall back to dry out.
I left this for several months as I was away from the property. A few weeks after returning I noted a patch of damp come through onto the bare tricks in the same place as before and noted the leak had re occurred. Again did a repair and left the wall to dry out again approx another couple of months. At this point the wall appeared dry. I applied 2 coats of pva and had the wall plastered by a professional plastered. The plaster was very deep several inches and took approx 6 weeks to dry out. The plastered left some small plaster marks on the corner of the adjacent wall. I then mistcoated the new wall and redecorate the room in white emulsion. Carpets were stripped and all furniture tipped.
After the final coat I noted a yellow stain on the newly plastered wall near the area of the initial leak (I suspect the plaster may still have been slightly wet due to wall still containing moisture from the leak). Strangely their was also some yellow staining on the corner of the adjacent wall, this is approx 1.5metres from the were the leak had occurred and not an area which has been plastered (a small amount of plaster had overrun onto this wall - before painting I tried to scrub this plaster off will wet scourer and had wondered if the bits of plaster had still been slightly wet when I put the 1st coat on). To remedy thisI painted these areas with some anti damp paint which covered the stains completely and put another coat of emulsion on - it looked fine and appeared to cover,all good, or so I thought.
I have just had a roofer coat the aluminium gutter with fibreglass paint?! (He sugested this as an alternative to replacing yesterday due to difficulties in joining replaced guttering to the neighbours). I've had this done as I suspected a new, small leak and dont want the damage reoccurring.
Today I noted a couple of small brown patches coming back through on the corner of the wall adjacent to the newly plastered on (around were the plaster overran) I suspect this may be mould? Although locations a bit odd as I don't think the damp reached this area. I have painted over this with the anti damp paint although probably shouldn't have done having looked it up on web which suggests cleaning with detergent before repainting.
I don't want to keep having to repaint and mess about with this and I'm really concerned that the mould has come through so quick. Any one got ideas as to the cause of the new stains? any suggestions to resolve this once and for all and prevent further stains/mould?
I left this for several months as I was away from the property. A few weeks after returning I noted a patch of damp come through onto the bare tricks in the same place as before and noted the leak had re occurred. Again did a repair and left the wall to dry out again approx another couple of months. At this point the wall appeared dry. I applied 2 coats of pva and had the wall plastered by a professional plastered. The plaster was very deep several inches and took approx 6 weeks to dry out. The plastered left some small plaster marks on the corner of the adjacent wall. I then mistcoated the new wall and redecorate the room in white emulsion. Carpets were stripped and all furniture tipped.
After the final coat I noted a yellow stain on the newly plastered wall near the area of the initial leak (I suspect the plaster may still have been slightly wet due to wall still containing moisture from the leak). Strangely their was also some yellow staining on the corner of the adjacent wall, this is approx 1.5metres from the were the leak had occurred and not an area which has been plastered (a small amount of plaster had overrun onto this wall - before painting I tried to scrub this plaster off will wet scourer and had wondered if the bits of plaster had still been slightly wet when I put the 1st coat on). To remedy thisI painted these areas with some anti damp paint which covered the stains completely and put another coat of emulsion on - it looked fine and appeared to cover,all good, or so I thought.
I have just had a roofer coat the aluminium gutter with fibreglass paint?! (He sugested this as an alternative to replacing yesterday due to difficulties in joining replaced guttering to the neighbours). I've had this done as I suspected a new, small leak and dont want the damage reoccurring.
Today I noted a couple of small brown patches coming back through on the corner of the wall adjacent to the newly plastered on (around were the plaster overran) I suspect this may be mould? Although locations a bit odd as I don't think the damp reached this area. I have painted over this with the anti damp paint although probably shouldn't have done having looked it up on web which suggests cleaning with detergent before repainting.
I don't want to keep having to repaint and mess about with this and I'm really concerned that the mould has come through so quick. Any one got ideas as to the cause of the new stains? any suggestions to resolve this once and for all and prevent further stains/mould?
