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carlsquires
Hi all, I have a house in sicily that im looking to fix up and let out over the summer. at the moment its in a reasonable state, just needs a little face lift.
But most of the walls in the first foot are like this...
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obviously there is an issue with humidity/damp but i was hoping just to cover it up for the summer period and do some major renovations next year.
So what i've done is scrap away the badly affected areas and fill with a product called methyl-stick (wouldn't expect anyone to know what this is!) which seems very similar to easy-fill, i allowed it to go-off and applied a base coat of paint to the wall, but after a couple of days this began to happen....
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In other areas the filler had began to crack and flake away from the walls.
I was careful to clean the affected areas free from dust/debris and made sure the walls were reasonable damp before i applied the product. I was advised that this was a suitable product for the purpose i required.
So i was wondering if there was anything more i need to do prep wise, or is there a bigger issue with the walls than i anticipated.
thanks,
carl.
But most of the walls in the first foot are like this...
//media.diynot.com/165000_164232_33714_48347735_thumb.jpg
obviously there is an issue with humidity/damp but i was hoping just to cover it up for the summer period and do some major renovations next year.
So what i've done is scrap away the badly affected areas and fill with a product called methyl-stick (wouldn't expect anyone to know what this is!) which seems very similar to easy-fill, i allowed it to go-off and applied a base coat of paint to the wall, but after a couple of days this began to happen....
//media.diynot.com/165000_164232_33715_52661936_thumb.jpg
In other areas the filler had began to crack and flake away from the walls.
I was careful to clean the affected areas free from dust/debris and made sure the walls were reasonable damp before i applied the product. I was advised that this was a suitable product for the purpose i required.
So i was wondering if there was anything more i need to do prep wise, or is there a bigger issue with the walls than i anticipated.
thanks,
carl.