Fluffy wall!

[thompo]

Not sure if this is the correct section but i've discovered something of concern.

Having removed all the tiles in the bathroom i've discovered an area of fluffy wall!

This is soft and dry, it falls off if brushed but grows back after a week or so (house under going renovation - no heating etc).

Only seems to occur in the above the toilet cistern (500x200mm patch), which is on an external solid wall beneath a window.

Is it anything to worry about?, No signs of damp etc and never noticed anything when it was tiled.
Was hoping to keep the existing plaster (1/2" cement!) as removing it in other areas hasn't been kind to the underlying brickwork.

Cheers

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• thompo
• 27 Mar 2013
• 2

 

[tictic]

Will be moss IMO....solid wall with no cavity and cold water in your cistern will be causing this....wash the wall with water and bleach...

You need ventilation in the room...or it will just keep coming back..or take cistern off wall and put a pad up then fit cistern to this..

 

[tictic]

Just reading through some posts ere..

When I say ...pad... What I mean is 22mm +wbp ply treated with a wood preservative fixed to the wall then your porcelain cirstin fixed to this...
Or
You can use treated 2x2 or 2x1 treated timber and fix this to the wall then cirstin fixed to this....

You have a solid wall and a porcelain cistron so the cold wall and the cold water in the cirstin will cause the problem you have..

 

[tictic]

Right that's me for a while work to do.....



Jimmy.....you ave the floor



Ya auld one fisted git......your luv life must be murder...palm and her five sisters or is it the furry glove still....x x...

 

[tictic]

Just seen this thread title....





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