Hello All,
I’ve painted the walls and ceiling around my backdoor 3 times with a brilliant white matt emulsion paint. The reason i coasted it three times is because the paint on the top half of the wall to one side of the door, and part of the ceiling turned yellow within hours of applying the paint). 2 weeks later the bits of the walls and the ceilings that have turned yellow are very damp to touch, and if i run my fingers across the paint i get a white residue on my fingers. Now the bottom half of this wall has an entirely different problem. This has browned in patches, cracked and there is an awful lot of white fluff stuff coming through (Efflorescence?). This bit of the wall is more dryer and warmer to touch. All the other walls in the area e.g the one to the other side of the door are absolutely fine. If i run the hot water in the adjacent toilet, the condensation forms in the areas where the paint has yellowed (e.g higher up) so i wonder if these walls have just go very damp over time? Also, naughtily, i used to leave the back door open, which has probably not helped! The problem is I want to put the house on the market and I’m not quite sure what to do to stop ) the yellow discolouration on the upper damp walls and ceilings 2) the brown patches,cracking and Efflorescence on the lower (not so damp walls). Any advice would be very gratefully received!!!
Ps. These walls have not been recently plastered
Nina
I’ve painted the walls and ceiling around my backdoor 3 times with a brilliant white matt emulsion paint. The reason i coasted it three times is because the paint on the top half of the wall to one side of the door, and part of the ceiling turned yellow within hours of applying the paint). 2 weeks later the bits of the walls and the ceilings that have turned yellow are very damp to touch, and if i run my fingers across the paint i get a white residue on my fingers. Now the bottom half of this wall has an entirely different problem. This has browned in patches, cracked and there is an awful lot of white fluff stuff coming through (Efflorescence?). This bit of the wall is more dryer and warmer to touch. All the other walls in the area e.g the one to the other side of the door are absolutely fine. If i run the hot water in the adjacent toilet, the condensation forms in the areas where the paint has yellowed (e.g higher up) so i wonder if these walls have just go very damp over time? Also, naughtily, i used to leave the back door open, which has probably not helped! The problem is I want to put the house on the market and I’m not quite sure what to do to stop ) the yellow discolouration on the upper damp walls and ceilings 2) the brown patches,cracking and Efflorescence on the lower (not so damp walls). Any advice would be very gratefully received!!!
Ps. These walls have not been recently plastered
Nina