Horrible Paint Smell?

[horizonuser]

This is a strange one I must admit, and I am not sure if this is the correct forum, so sorry in advance.

About 3 months ago we decieded to redo one of our upstairs bedrooms. It have been a spare room for about 3 years and nobody really used it much. I cleared out the room and repainted the walls. I then took out the whole ensuite and refitted it and retilled etc.

Anyway, shortly after re started to notice a really strange smell. Anyway, to cut a long story short it took us weeks to realise that the smell is coming from the paint on one of the walls in the room. It a gable end wall and the other walls don't smell. Its a nasty smell and is certainly coming from the wall. It doesn't seem or look damp.

Does anyone have any idea what this might be?

 

[JohnD]

you mention an ensuite being removed.

It is more likely that the smell is coming from a damp-related or a drainpipe-related source.

I don't think it will be the paint.

 

[horizonuser]

Its absoutly not the ensuite. The reason I mentioned that was because we were certain that was the problem,. But thats all fitted now and that room is smell free. When you walk up to the wall in question and press you noise anywhere near it you get the smell.

Its certainly the wall!!

 

[NickStone]

Horizon, is it Crown paint?

 

[horizonuser]

Yep - think it is.

WHY????

 

[Zampa]

Did Fred West once live there?

 

[NickStone]

Horizon, have a look at this thread. It seems you're not the only one to have a problem with stinky paint from this particular manufacturer. Maybe they know the answer:

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=843&sid=aff4d9426219a95da9591c08a077095d

 

[Third_Eye]

The Sun & Outdoor Wind getting inside & Miosture can cause reactions to Interior Emulsions.

What is the smell like ?