Painting a ceiling after water damage

littlehelper999

We recently had a leak which has caused water damage to ceiling.

Can anyone advise me roughly how much it would cost to have a ceiling (approx17ftx14ft) and coving painted.

Not sure if ceiling will also need re artexing too so if anyone knows about how much I will need to pay for that as well that would be a great help.

Any advise welcome & most appreciated.

fly-tarquinnius

How much of a leak? Had a patch of my kitchen ceiling go brown after an upstairs leak (about 6 - 8 sq ft). No damage other than staining, and having let it dry out properly, repainted with roller on stick. Took 4 coats of dulux 1-coat to cover the stain though! Its still fine 14+ months on.
Cost me about £20 - £25 with some paint left over?

Sounds like your job may be bigger and more involved though?

IanChippie

First - before you paint - mix some PVA and water (50/50 or slightly more PVA) and give a couple of coats of this first. It stops your emulsion soaking in too much so you'll save on paint. Beware it's runny stuff and very messy - like painting with watercolours.

keystone

littlehelper999 wrote: »

We recently had a leak which has caused water damage to ceiling.

Where the muck and dirt from above the ceiling has come through it will need treating first so it doesn't leech through when the new emulsion is put on.

Can anyone advise me roughly how much it would cost to have a ceiling (approx17ftx14ft) and coving painted.

£ 100 - £ 150 in my neck of the woods.

Not sure if ceiling will also need re artexing too so if anyone knows about how much I will need to pay for that as well that would be a great help

Oops - now you've moved the goalposts. If artex gets wet and its not properly adhered to the ceiling it falls off. Something tells me some of it has already fallen off and that which has been wet but is still there is clinging on by its fingernails. So it will come off on the roller - nice. Depends on the damge really. Need a pic tbh.

Cheers

keystone

IanChippie wrote: »

First - before you paint - mix some PVA and water (50/50 or slightly more PVA) and give a couple of coats of this first. It stops your emulsion soaking in too much so you'll save on paint. Beware it's runny stuff and very messy - like painting with watercolours.

Stick to wood butchery Ian. Thats absolutely the very worst piece of "advice" there is;

1. PVA seals nothing - it just sits on the top.
2. The paint needs to sink into the plaster a bit - thats how it adheres and you missed that its artexed anyway.
3. PVA goes live again when you wet it. Nice sticky mess all over the roller - great stuff and a gooey sticky ceiling to deal with..

Sorry to be blunt to a noob.

Cheers

quietheart

keystone wrote: »

Where the muck and dirt from above the ceiling has come through it will need treating first so it doesn't leech through when the new emulsion is put on.


Cheers

how do you treat it, we've got a big patch from a leaky chimney on our bedroom wall. waiting for repair (snow NOT helping:eek:) would like to know how to stop the stain coming through.
I would've used pva

keystone

how do you treat it, we've got a big patch from a leaky chimney on our bedroom wall. waiting for repair (snow NOT helping:eek:) would like to know how to stop the stain coming through.

Let it dry out and use a stainblock first. If the pocket won't run to a specialist paint then a coat of spirit based undercoat is just as good you just have to wait for it to thoroughly dry before overpainting.

I would've used pva

PVA is glue. Pleased you found this thread first then.

Cheers

quietheart

keystone wrote: »

Let it dry out and use a stainblock first. If the pocket won't run to a specialist paint then a coat of spirit based undercoat is just as good you just have to wait for it to thoroughly dry before overpainting.

PVA is glue. Pleased you found this thread first then.

Cheers

bless you!

tired_dad

be absolutely sure the ceiling boards are not warped in any way.

IMHO the best result is obtained by cutting out the board, fixing a new one in then replastering and painting. I had a patch done and the cost was less than £200 but painted myself.

Advice above is good but in my experience works for small stains and you can often tell something has been done in the area if you look carefully. Esp after a few years.

keystone

tired_dad wrote: »

be absolutely sure the ceiling boards are not warped in any way.

What if its an L&P ceiling?

Advice above is good but in my experience works for small stains and you can often tell something has been done in the area if you look carefully. Esp after a few years.

Small stains, big stains works just as well. But you are right about noticing a small patch eventually. Just overpainting the patch causes that. The whole ceiling needs a coat or two of the finish paint not just the treated area.

Cheers