Hi all...have an interesting one (or should I say something I've never come across in my 20 years of refurbs).
A relatives house, they are decorating the hall...first time after 25 years on a 40 year old property.
They called me around because they have found as they strip the walls the skim coat is popping off a couple of days after...leaving a dusty base to the face of the plaster.
They have only done below the dado rail so far and I've stopped them from doing any furtherstripping for now.
My suspicions are too long with a steam stripper.....not that they have admitted to using one. The loose skim coat is quite uniform and regulaer....and I could easily make the holes bigger. Background wise...I know they had central heating installed a couple of years back, prior to this their heating was an oven in the kitchen and a gas fire in the lounge - and did wonder if they had ramped the new found comfort up to quickly whether this may have caused a dew point between the skim layer and the plaster backing? Thoughts would be appreciated.....my concern being the whole plaster and skim has to come off if its the latter.
Cheers all.
GH
A relatives house, they are decorating the hall...first time after 25 years on a 40 year old property.
They called me around because they have found as they strip the walls the skim coat is popping off a couple of days after...leaving a dusty base to the face of the plaster.
They have only done below the dado rail so far and I've stopped them from doing any furtherstripping for now.
My suspicions are too long with a steam stripper.....not that they have admitted to using one. The loose skim coat is quite uniform and regulaer....and I could easily make the holes bigger. Background wise...I know they had central heating installed a couple of years back, prior to this their heating was an oven in the kitchen and a gas fire in the lounge - and did wonder if they had ramped the new found comfort up to quickly whether this may have caused a dew point between the skim layer and the plaster backing? Thoughts would be appreciated.....my concern being the whole plaster and skim has to come off if its the latter.
Cheers all.
GH