Paint in bathroom peeling like mad!

mikeyboy

HELP!

About a year ago i purchased a new persimmon house and at the time couldn't afford the extra cost (£300 or so) to have the whole bathroom tiled, so it came with the standard tiling, half way round the bath/shower area. ( first time buyer so money was stretched!)

Some of the paint above the tiles is now beginning to bubble, peel and fall off. I am wondering what the best way to sort this out is? the problem is that if i simply re-paint the area it will be un-even due to part of paint remaining etc...

Sorry to sound so thick, but what should i do? do i need to strip all the paint off and start again? do i have to use bathroom paint?

Canucklehead

Good afternoon: Lots of threads lately about paint 'issues'... take a look here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=464743 Misgrace, our resident expert should be along at some point soon to give you good advice.

HTH

Canucklehead

Errata

Surely the problem is Persimmon's, not yours. Why not ask them to sort it out ?

Ishtar

Errata wrote: »

Surely the problem is Persimmon's, not yours. Why not ask them to sort it out ?

I was going to suggest that too. We bought our first house from Persimmon and found them very helpful. Have they already done their snagging with you? If not, it might be worth adding it to your list...

D.

mikeyboy

Hi, thanks for the replies.

Persimmon are saying that paintwork does not form part of their snagging responsabilty. :mad: So looks like i need to sort it out. I may get a quote for tiling it, but i dont have much spare cash for anything like that really, hence wanting to sort it out with re-painting.

Mikeyboy

misgrace

mikeyboy wrote: »

HELP!

About a year ago i purchased a new persimmon house and at the time couldn't afford the extra cost (£300 or so) to have the whole bathroom tiled, so it came with the standard tiling, half way round the bath/shower area. ( first time buyer so money was stretched!)

Some of the paint above the tiles is now beginning to bubble, peel and fall off. I am wondering what the best way to sort this out is? the problem is that if i simply re-paint the area it will be un-even due to part of paint remaining etc...

Sorry to sound so thick, but what should i do? do i need to strip all the paint off and start again? do i have to use bathroom paint?

The thing with newbuild houses is that they dont do the proper prep, I have worked on new builds in the past, not for some 12 years now, as I didnt like the shortcuts they take.
It always looks lovely when you first move in, but after a year or two you will see paint peeling, knotts bleeding thru your woodwork etc.
The chances are the painters didnt seal the new walls prior to painting, or they didnt use the proper paint for the bathroom, hence the condensation is making the paint bubble and peel off above your tiles.

Have you got an air vent in the bathroom, or at least keep a window slightly open, this will help the condensation.

The best thing to do is to contact the company as it should still be under guarentee, but failing that, scrape all the loose paint off, and even take it off a couple of inches above the actual damaged bits.
Sand it down, as you will have roughish bits/jagged bits of paint next to the good paint.

If you can still feel or see the difference after you have sanded it down, then get some powder filler and fill over the rough bits you have scraped and sanded.
Whack a bit of oilbase undercoat over the filled bits,(after you have sanded them down) slightly dilute the U/C with white spirit and brush it on.

If your havent much air getting into your bathroom, then you might be better off with a kitchen/bathroom paint, but the down side is that its quite shiny, but its made for kitchen/bathrooms.
Or you could use a good quality matt from 'dulux', but its no good if you have a lot of condensation.

I do use matt 99% of the time in kit/bath, and have had no comebacks, but again it depends on the condensation factor.

Whatever paint you go with, prior to rolling the actual coats, make sure you dab also some of your diluted paint on these filled areas, even though you have undercoated it, still dab with a brush at least twice, then you can roll as normal.:D