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which type of emulsion and which colour will be best for this problem please?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.27 PM

I have re-written the question to better explain the situation. Hi, I live in a flat on the first floor of a 5 storey block of flats. The block was built in about 1946, it is pre-cast concrete. Over the last 6 years there have been so many instances of water ingress that I've lost count. This is such a problem that I can't even think about having the place decorated until the problem(s) is(are) sorted. Because each ingress stains over the top of the previous ingress I can't prove that there have been/are many ingress instances so this is what I will have to do to prove my case: paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining paint the wall take photos of the newly painted area wait for water ingress take a photo of the staining repeat, repeat, repeat until I have enough proof to get my complaint properly dealt with. I want an emulsion type and colour that will cover/block the staining but will also show the new staining, so that they can't claim that it is old staining 'breaking through'. At the moment one area is light green, one is lemon and one is white. So, which colour and which type of emulsion would best show up the new ingress stains.

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2 Answers

SDB Building and Maintenance Tiling Specialist

Rating: 5 out of 5

Weston Super Mare

Hi, not sure what you really want, I assume you mean that you need to paint the effected area and then when the staining comes back through you then want to take a picture of it to prove to someone ie landlord that you have this problem. If this is the case then I would paint the area white so when the staining comes back through it will show up more. Like I said not sure if this is the answer you were looking for or not cheers steve

Answered12 April 2017

SIGMA MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT LTD

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East Ham, London

This need to be done with damp proof coursing to stop the problem ones for ever and then internally before any making good and painting .In your case if you applied new stain block to the wall and you want this to be visible apply just one cote of emulsion paint and stained area will be visible so you can proof that you did apply stain block to it,i hope this will help you :)

Answered21 June 2017